Where does “chancellery” come from?
chancellery (English) comes from Middle English chancelrie, from Old French chancelerie, from Latin cancellaria, from Latin cancellarius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros — to cut, cut off, sever.
chancellery (English): The rank or post of a chancellor; The office or...
Definitions
- The rank or post of a chancellor; The office or...
Ancestry of “chancellery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chancelrie | — |
| 2 | Old French | chancelerie | — |
| 3 | Latin | cancellaria | nominative feminine singular of cancellārius;... |
| 4 | Latin | cancellarius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper; A secretary;... |
| 5 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 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 |