canker
Scots
/ˈkɔːŋɡkʌr/
noun
Definitions
- Bad temper.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English canker derived from Old English cancer derived from Latin cancer (crab, a cancer, cancer, lattice, barrier, grid, tumor).
Origin
Latin
cancer
Gloss
crab, a cancer, cancer, lattice, barrier, grid, tumor
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
- Cancer English
- cancer English
- cancrine English
- cancrivorous English
- canker English
- cancer Latin
- cancriculus Latin
- cancriformis Latin
- cancrulus Latin
- cancer French
- cancre French
- chancre French
- cáncer Spanish, Castilian
- καρκίνος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- câncer Portuguese
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- cancer Old English
- canker Middle English
- cancer Danish
- chancre Old French
- càncer Catalan, Valencian
- cancer Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Kanser Indonesian
- canker Middle Dutch
- cancèr Norman
- càncer Occitan
- *kankros Proto-Italic
- cáncer Asturian