Mane (Îngilîzî)

Têgeh

سهرهتان

Pircarînî

B1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈkænsə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”) (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre.

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