Where does “chancellorism” come from?
chancellorism (English) comes from English chancellor, from English chaunceler, from Middle Dutch cancelier, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros — to cut, cut off, sever.
chancellorism (English): by a chancellor
Definitions
- by a chancellor
Ancestry of “chancellorism”, step by step
chancellorism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chancellor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chancellor | A senior secretary or official with... |
| 2 | English | chaunceler | Obsolete form of chancellor |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cancelier | — |
| 4 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 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 |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |