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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱérh₂sō
- Proto-Hellenic*kárahə
- Ancient Greek*κρᾱν- (*krān-)
- Ancient Greekκρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on)
- Medieval Latincrānium
- Englishcranio-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfaciō
- Latinfaciēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latinfaciālis
- Englishfacial
- English todaycraniofacial
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.