rancour

Betekenis (Engels)

British, Canada, and Australia spelling of rancor.

Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.

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