The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰébʰōl
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰepʰəlā́
- Ancient Greekκεφᾰλή (kephălḗ)
- Ancient Greekἐγκέφᾰλος (enképhălos)
- English todayencephalo-
From en- + cephalo-. From Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”) (within the head), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἐγκέφαλος all →
enkephalintelencephalonencephalon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.