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cranio-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n- Proto-Hellenic *kárahə Ancient Greek *κρᾱν- (*krān-) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on) Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on)bor. Medieval Latin crāniumlbor. English cranio- Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin crānium, borrowed from Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on), from *κρᾱν- (*krān-) + -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on).

  1. derived from κρᾱνῐ́ον
  2. derived from cranio- Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin crānium
  3. derived from crāniumlbor
  4. derived from *-yósder✻

Definitions

  1. Forms terms relating to the cranium (skull).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cranio-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA