Etymology of the English word chancre
the English word
chancrederived from the Old French word
chancrederived from the Latin word
cancer (crab; Cancer; the_South; lattice, grid; barrier)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kar-derived from the Latin word
chancreDate
The earliest known usage of chancre in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
chancroidCognates
Dutch
sjanker, German
Schanker, Norwegian
sjanker, Swedish
schankerUsage
Word found in Modern English
