cancello

See also: cancellò and cancel·lo

Italian

cancelli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈt͡ʃɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: can‧cèl‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin cancellus.

Noun

cancello m (plural cancelli)

1. gate, fence

Derived terms

• cancelletto

Descendants

• Turkish: gancelli

See also

• porta f
• portiera f
• sportello m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cancello

1. first-person singular present indicative of cancellare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kros

Proto-Italic *karkros

Proto-Italic *kankros

Latin cancer

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin cancellus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cancellō

From cancellus (“lattice, grating”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaŋˈkɛl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kan̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛl.lo]

Verb

cancellō (present infinitive cancellāre, perfect active cancellāvī, supine cancellātum); first conjugation

1. to make like a lattice, cover with a lattice or grid
2. to strike or cross out, cancel

   Synonym: solvō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cancellō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cancellō		cancellās		cancellat		cancellāmus		cancellātis		cancellant
	imperfect	cancellābam		cancellābās		cancellābat		cancellābāmus		cancellābātis		cancellābant
	future	cancellābō		cancellābis		cancellābit		cancellābimus		cancellābitis		cancellābunt
	perfect	cancellāvī		cancellāvistī		cancellāvit		cancellāvimus		cancellāvistis		cancellāvērunt, cancellāvēre
	pluperfect	cancellāveram		cancellāverās		cancellāverat		cancellāverāmus		cancellāverātis		cancellāverant
	future perfect	cancellāverō		cancellāveris		cancellāverit		cancellāverimus		cancellāveritis		cancellāverint
passive	present	cancellor		cancellāris, cancellāre		cancellātur		cancellāmur		cancellāminī		cancellantur
	imperfect	cancellābar		cancellābāris, cancellābāre		cancellābātur		cancellābāmur		cancellābāminī		cancellābantur
	future	cancellābor		cancellāberis, cancellābere		cancellābitur		cancellābimur		cancellābiminī		cancellābuntur
	perfect	cancellātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cancellātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cancellātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cancellem		cancellēs		cancellet		cancellēmus		cancellētis		cancellent
	imperfect	cancellārem		cancellārēs		cancellāret		cancellārēmus		cancellārētis		cancellārent
	perfect	cancellāverim		cancellāverīs		cancellāverit		cancellāverīmus		cancellāverītis		cancellāverint
	pluperfect	cancellāvissem		cancellāvissēs		cancellāvisset		cancellāvissēmus		cancellāvissētis		cancellāvissent
passive	present	canceller		cancellēris, cancellēre		cancellētur		cancellēmur		cancellēminī		cancellentur
	imperfect	cancellārer		cancellārēris, cancellārēre		cancellārētur		cancellārēmur		cancellārēminī		cancellārentur
	perfect	cancellātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cancellātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cancellā		—		—		cancellāte		—
	future	—		cancellātō		cancellātō		—		cancellātōte		cancellantō
passive	present	—		cancellāre		—		—		cancellāminī		—
	future	—		cancellātor		cancellātor		—		—		cancellantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cancellāre			cancellārī			cancellāns			—
future		cancellātūrum esse			cancellātum īrī			cancellātūrus			cancellandus
perfect		cancellāvisse			cancellātum esse			—			cancellātus
future perfect		—			cancellātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cancellātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cancellandī		cancellandō		cancellandum		cancellandō		cancellātum		cancellātū

Derived terms

• cancellātiō

Related terms

• cancellārius
• cancellātim
• cancellī, cancellus
• cancellōsus
• cancellus

Descendants

• → Catalan: cancel·lar
• Anglo-Norman: canceler
  • → Middle English: cancellen
    • English: cancel, cancell (obsolete)
      • → German: canceln
      • → Gulf Arabic: كنسل (kansal)
      • → Welsh: canslo
• French: chanceler, → canceller
• Galician: cancelar
• Italian: cancellare
• Portuguese: cancelar
• Sicilian: scanciḍḍari (with s- as and intensifier)
• Spanish: cancelar

References

• “cancello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cancello”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• cancello in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016