Etymology

syncerebrum

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Today it means: The supraesophageal glanglia or brain of many invertebrates. Full definition →

Ancient Greek συν- ← Latin cerebrum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcerebrum“brain”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυν-“together”
  3. English todaysyncerebrum

From syn-, from Ancient Greek συν- (sun-, “together”) + Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσυν- all →

synsymplesitesyn-synzeugma

Latincerebrum all →

cerebralcerebrumcerebrationcervelat

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.