cervell

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan cervèl), from Latin cerebellum (compare French cerveau, Italian cervello), diminutive of cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱerh₂-s-ro, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). See also cerebel, which is a later re-borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eʎ

Noun

cervell m (plural cervells)

  1. brain

See also

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