- cancerádl
- f (-e/-a) cancer, a cancer-disease, a canker
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
cancer — O.E. cancer spreading sore, cancer (also canceradl), from L. cancer a crab, later, malignant tumor, from Gk. karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and the zodiac constellation (late 14c. in English), from … Etymology dictionary