cranium

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the part of the skull that encloses the brain

   The cranium is rather strong.

Simplified etymology

Cranium entered English in the later Middle Ages from Greek kranion, meaning “skull.” The same Greek word forms part of the ultimate source of migraine, originally referring to pain affecting half the skull.

From Medieval Latin crānium (“skull”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “skull”). By surface analysis, crani- + -um.

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