Etymology

crani-

Medieval Latin crānium ← Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρᾱνίον“skull”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromcrānium“skull”
  3. English todaycrani-

From Medieval Latin crānium (“skull”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “skull”).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latincrānium all →

cranecraniumcranio-

Ancient Greekκρᾱνίον all →

craniumopisthocranion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.