## Etymology
A contraction of Middle English chancellerie, from Old French chancelerie, from Late Latin cancellarius ('chancellor'), originally an official at the cancelli ('lattice') of a court.

## AI Etymology
Chancery is a contraction of Middle English chancellerie, from Old French chancelerie, from Late Latin cancellarius ('chancellor'), originally an official at the cancelli ('lattice') of a court. The historical trail runs through chancelerie in Old French, cancellarius in Latin, and cancelli in Latin. Used as a noun, chancery now means "a court of equity or the public records office of a court", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as chancellor and chancellery. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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