cranium

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English word cranium comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn, Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

*ḱrh₂esn (Proto-Indo-European)

*ḱerh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)

κάρα (Ancient Greek)

κρανίον (Ancient Greek)

cranium (Malayalam)

cranium (English)

That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.. The skull of a vertebrate.

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