Etymology of the French word chancelier
the Old French word
chancelierderived from the Late Latin word
cancellarius (chancellor; living, kept behind bars; porter, doorkeeper; secretary)
derived from the Latin word
cancelli (latticework)
derived 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
cancriDate
The earliest known usage of chancelier in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
chancelière,
chancellerie,
archichancelier,
vice-chancelierDerivations in other languages
Anglo-French
chancellerie, English
chancellorship, English
chancellor, Portuguese
chancelerCognates
Catalan
caceller, Dutch
kanselier, English
chancellor, German
Kanzler, Icelandic
kanslari, Italian
cancelliere, Norwegian
kansler, Portuguese
chanceller, Spanish
canceller, Swedish
kanslerUsage
Word found in Old French
