Where does “chancriform” come from?
chancriform (English) comes from English chancre, from French chancre, from Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- — to cut, cut off, sever.
chancriform (English): Having the form of a chancre
Definitions
- Having the form of a chancre
Ancestry of “chancriform”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chancre | Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain... |
| 2 | French | chancre | lobster, crab; canker, chancre |
| 3 | Middle French | chancre | cancer |
| 4 | Old French | chancre | — |
| 5 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |