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Where does “cancelliere” come from?

cancelliere (Italian) comes from Italian cancello, from Latin cancellus, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

cancelliere (Italian): chancellor; clerk of the court

Definitions

  1. chancellor; clerk of the court

Ancestry of “cancelliere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancancellogate, fence; first-person singular indicative...
2Latincancellusone of the bars which, in the form of a grid,...
3Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
4Proto-Italickankroscrab
5Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “cancelliere”

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