Meaning

noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

verb make up for

originFrom Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (modern French chanceler (“to stagger, sway”)), from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellō (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancellus (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0