Where does “autocancel” come from?
autocancel (English) comes from English cancel, from Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler, from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellāre, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros — to cut, cut off, sever.
autocancel (English): To cancel automatically; A Usenet control...
Definitions
- To cancel automatically; A Usenet control...
Ancestry of “autocancel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cancel | To cross out something with lines etc; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | cancellen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | canceler | to cross out with lines |
| 4 | Old French | canceler | — |
| 5 | Latin | cancellāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus:
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| 7 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |