Etymology

cranio-

Today it means: Forms terms relating to the cranium (skull). Full definition →

Medieval Latin crānium ← Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on) ← Proto-Hellenic *kárahə
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱérh₂sō
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kárahə
  5. Ancient Greek*κρᾱν- (*krān-)
  6. Ancient Greekκρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on)
  7. Medieval Latincrānium
  8. English todaycranio-

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin crānium, borrowed from Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on), from *κρᾱν- (*krān-) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latincrānium all →

cranecranium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.