Where does “cancelier” come from?

cancelier (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, 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.

Ancestry of “cancelier”, step by step

cancelier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cancellārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincancellāriusA kind of porter, doorkeeper
2Latincancelliinflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##...
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

via Late Latin cancellarius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincancellariussecretary, porter; secretary; doorkeeper, porter;...

via Medieval Latin cancellarius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatincancellariusA kind of porter, doorkeeper; A secretary;...

Words derived from “cancelier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- →