Etymology

canceler

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English cancel ← Middle English cancellen ← Anglo-Norman canceler
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  1. Old Frenchcanceler
  2. Anglo-Normancanceler
  3. Middle Englishcancellen
  4. Englishcancel
  5. English todaycanceler

From cancel + -er. Piecewise doublet of chancellor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.