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Where does “cancellate” come from?

cancellate (English) comes from Latin cancellatus, from Latin cancellare, from Latin cancello, from Latin cancellus, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- — to cut, cut off, sever.

cancellate (English): Consisting of a network of veins, without...

Definitions

  1. Consisting of a network of veins, without...

Ancestry of “cancellate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincancellatuslatticed
2Latincancellarepresent active infinitive of cancellō;...
3LatincancelloI make like a lattice, cover with a lattice or...
4Latincancellusone of the bars which, in the form of a grid,...
5Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
6Proto-Italickankroscrab
7Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
9Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
10Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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