The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβραχυκέφαλος
- New Latin · derived frombrachycephalus
- English todaybrachycephalic
From brachy- + cephalic, literally “short-headed”, via New Latin brachycephalus, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.