Cancer
English
/ˈkænsə/, /ˈkænsɚ/
proper noun
Definitions
- (zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
- (astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology).
Etymology
Derived from Latin cancer (crab, a cancer, cancer, lattice, barrier, grid, tumor) derived from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (crab, cancer, crayfish).
Origin
Ancient Greek
καρκίνος
Gloss
crab, cancer, crayfish
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
癌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cancerian English
- cancer English
- cancrine English
- cancrivorous English
- carcino- English
- *carcinus Latin
- cancer Latin
- cancriculus Latin
- cancriformis Latin
- cancrulus Latin
- carcino Italian
- carcino- Italian
- cancer French
- cancre French
- chancre French
- cáncer Spanish, Castilian
- καρκίνος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *karkros Proto-Indo-European
- câncer Portuguese
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- cancer Old English
- cancer Danish
- chancre Old French
- càncer Catalan, Valencian
- կարկին Armenian
- cancer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Kanser Indonesian
- canker Middle Dutch
- cancèr Norman
- càncer Occitan
- *kankros Proto-Italic
- cáncer Asturian