Where does “cankeredness” come from?
cankeredness (English) comes from English cankered, from Middle English cankered, from Middle English cankren, from Middle English canker, from Old English cancer, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros — to cut, cut off, sever.
cankeredness (English): The state or quality of being cankered
Definitions
- The state or quality of being cankered
Ancestry of “cankeredness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cankered | Infected with a canker or having a cankerous... |
| 2 | Middle English | cankered | — |
| 3 | Middle English | cankren | to canker |
| 4 | Middle English | canker | — |
| 5 | Old English | cancer | cancer; crab |
| 6 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |