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Where does “chanciller” come from?

chanciller (Spanish) comes from Old French chancelier, 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- — to cut, cut off, sever.

chanciller (Spanish): Variant form of canciller

Definitions

  1. Variant form of canciller

Ancestry of “chanciller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchancelierchancellor
2Latincancellārius—
3Latincancelliinflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##...
4Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
5Proto-Italickankroscrab
6Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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