cerebral

cerebral · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromcerebrum“a brain”
2. French · borrowed fromcérébral
3. English todaycerebral

Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum + -al.

cerebral · adjective²

1. Sanskrit · semantic loan fromमूर्धन्य“pertaining to the head”
2. English todaycerebral

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”).

Words from the same roots