Where does “crane” come from?
crane (Middle English) comes from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.
crane (Middle English): crane; cranium
Ancestry of “crane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | cran | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cranium | skull |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |
Words derived from “crane”