Cancellation
/ˌkænsəˈleɪʃən/noun
The act of cancelling something or the state of being cancelled.
Did you know?Cancellation ultimately traces back to Latin cancelli, “lattice” or “barrier,” because scribes marked deletion with crossed lines that looked like a little fence over the text.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kan-
“to weave, bend, or plait”
Latin
Latin
cancelli
“lattice; grating; barrier made of crossed bars”
Late Latin
Latin
cancellare
“to cross out; to make into a lattice; to annul”
Old French
Old French
canceler
“to cross out; erase; annul”
Middle English
English
cancelen
“to annul, void, or strike out”
Modern English
English
cancellation
“the act of cancelling or being cancelled”
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