Etymology

basicranial

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the basicranium Full definition →

English cranial ← Latin basis ← Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
  4. Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
  5. Latinbasis
  6. Englishbasi-
  7. Englishcranial
  8. English todaybasicranial

From basi- + cranial.

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