Where does “uncancellable” come from?
uncancellable (English) comes from English cancellable, from English cancel, from Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler, from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellāre, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer — to cut, cut off, sever.
uncancellable (English): That cannot be cancelled
Definitions
- That cannot be cancelled
Ancestry of “uncancellable”, step by step
uncancellable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cancellable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cancellable | Which can be cancelled |
| 2 | English | cancel | To cross out something with lines etc; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | cancellen | To cross out or efface (writing, a record, etc.); to obliterate |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | canceler | to cross out with lines |
| 5 | Old French | canceler | — |
| 6 | Latin | cancellāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 8 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |