Proto-Italic

*kankros

‘enclosure, fence’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *kankros.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *kankros, most familiar first.

• cancer
• cancellation ← cancellātiō ← cancellō ← cancellus ← cancer
• cancerous ← cancerōsus ← cancer
• chancel ← cancellus ← cancer
• canker ← cancer ← cancer
• chancellery ← chancelrie ← chancelerie ← cancellārius ← cancellus
• cancellous ← cancellus ← cancer
• chancre ← cancer
• cancrine ← cancer
• cancellus ← cancer
• cancrivorous ← cancer

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kankros