Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “geng-”
229 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European geng- — including cancer, cancel, cancellation, chancel, cancerous, chancery, canker, anticancer.
See the etymology of geng- itself →
English (70)
- cancer
- cancel
- cancellation
- chancel
- cancerous
- chancery
- canker
- anticancer
- cancellous
- chancre
- precancerous
- conger
- chancellery
- chancroid
- noncancer
- noncancerous
- cancellable
- cankerworm
- cankerous
- precancer
- canceler
- cancerization
- Reichskanzler
- cancelability
- cancerogenesis
- chancroidal
- cancered
- cancerogenic
- cankery
- postcancer
- cancellate
- cancerously
- anticancerous
- cancerlike
- cancerphobia
- cancellability
- cancerostatic
- cancellus
- uncancellable
- cancerology
- precancerosis
- chancriform
- uncancel
- canceration
- cancrivorous
- cankerlike
- cancericidal
- cancelleth
- anticancerogenic
- precancellation
- cancelbot
- multicancer
- precancel
- cancrine
- noncancellation
- cancerousness
- encanker
- cancerless
- autocancel
- paracancerous
- cancerphobic
- cancellest
- uncancerous
- cancerwort
- cancerfic
- cancerologist
- cancerological
- cancerism
- gay cancer
- Cancer