"cancer" in seven languages
Meaningcancer
Spanish
cáncer
/ˈkanθeɾ/
masc.learned
French
cancer
/kɑ̃sɛʁ/
masc.learned
Italian
cancro
/ˈkankro/
masc.learned
Portuguese
câncer
/ˈkɐ̃seh/
masc.learned
European Portuguese says cancro.
Romanian
cancer
/ˈkantʃer/
neut.learned
Catalan
càncer
/ˈkansəɾ/
masc.learned
English
cancer
/ˈkænsɚ/
from Latin/French · Latin CANCER
English → ItaliancancercancroCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CANCRUM (nom. CANCER)‘crab’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The disease was already named after the crab in Greek (karkínos), and Latin translated it. French chancre and English canker are the same Latin word worn down by everyday speech.
English relatives: canker, chancre
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In a sentence
- esSuperó el cáncer.
- frIl a vaincu le cancer.
- itHa sconfitto il cancro.
- ptEle venceu o câncer.
- roA învins cancerul.
- caVa superar el càncer.
- enHe beat cancer.
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