Αρρενωπός
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cancer

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (declension-2, masculine) a crab
  2. (declension-2, masculine) a crab
  3. (declension-2, masculine) a tumor, cancer
  4. (declension-2, masculine) a lattice, grid, or barrier

Έννοιες

καρκίνος

ποταμοκαραβίδα

αστακός

καβούρι

κάβουρας

Συνώνυμα

cancer marinus

Συχνότητα

A2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
[ˈkaŋ.kɛr]
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Proto-Italic *kankros, dissimilation of Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure”) (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of "enclosure", and as such a doublet of carcer. Cognate with curvus. The medical sense, found in Celsus, seems likely to be a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”), which is possibly cognate.

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