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canker

/ˈkæŋkə/KANG-kur
/ˈkæŋkɚ/KANG-kur

Meaninga spreading sore

Common meaning: a spreading sore or rot

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAR‘be hard or rough’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 55, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latincancer‘a crab’
  3. Englishcanker‘a spreading sore or rot’ · today

cank also in: cancer

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin cancer ‘a crab; a spreading sore’.

Roots

  • cancer Latin “a crab; a spreading sore”

Related words

cancer

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