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Where does “emicrania” come from?

emicrania (Italian) comes from Latin hēmicrānia, from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

emicrania (Italian): migraine, hemicrania, megrim

Definitions

  1. migraine, hemicrania, megrim

Ancestry of “emicrania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhēmicrānia—
2Ancient Greekἡμικρᾱνίᾰ—
3Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
4Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
5Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—
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