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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερικράνιον
- Latin · derived frompericranium
- English todaypericranium
From late Latin pericranium, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek περικράνιον (perikránion), noun use of the neuter form of περικράνιος (perikránios, “around the skull”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.