cancer etymology

Latin word cancer comes from Proto-Indo-European *kor-, and later Proto-Italic *karkros (Enclosure, barrier.)

Detailed word origin of cancer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kor- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*karkros Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Enclosure, barrier.
cancer Latin (lat) A crab. A lattice, grid, or barrier. A tumor, cancer.

Words with the same origin as cancer

Descendants of *kor-
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