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Where does “cancello” come from?

cancello (Italian) comes 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.

cancello (Italian): gate, fence; first-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. gate, fence; first-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “cancello”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cancello”

  • cancelliere
  • cancellino
  • cancelli
  • vicecancelliere
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