Etymology

cankered

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Today it means: Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part. Full definition →

Middle English cankered
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cankered · adjective1

  1. Middle English · derived fromcankren
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcankered
  3. English todaycankered

From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed.

cankered · verb2

  1. Middle English · derived fromcankren“to canker”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcankered
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcancrede
  4. English todaycankered

From Middle English cancrede (preterite) and Middle English cankered, y-cancred (past participle) of Middle English cankren (“to canker”), equivalent to canker + -ed.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcankren all →

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