English
encephalon
Encephalon comes from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος ‘within the head’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐγκέφαλοςenképhalos‘within the head’
- Englishtodayencephalon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐγκέφαλοςenképhalos‘within the head’
- Englishtodayencephalon
A compound of ἐν ‘in’ + κεφαλή ‘head’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Ancient Greek ἐν ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-l̥ ‘head’
Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́
Ancient Greek κεφαλή ‘head’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος
Today it means
noun The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος / encephalon