Etymology

basicranium

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Today it means: The inferior region of the skull Full definition →

English cranium ← Latin basis
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The story

  1. Latinbasis
  2. Englishbasi-
  3. Englishcranium
  4. English todaybasicranium

From basi- + cranium.

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