'properly-cancelled' originates from the combination of 'properly' and 'cancelled', where 'properly' means 'in a suitable manner' and 'cancelled' means 'annulled or voided'.

'Properly' comes from the Latin word 'proprius', meaning 'one's own', and 'cancelled' comes from the Latin 'cancellare', meaning 'to make a lattice'.

Initially, 'cancelled' meant 'to cross out with lines', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'annulled or voided'.