Proto-Italic

*kastrom

‘part, share of something’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *kastrom.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *kastrom, most familiar first.

• castle ← castel ← *kastell ← castellum ← castrum
• château ← chasteau ← chastel ← castellum ← castrum
• castello ← castellum ← castrum
• castell ← castellum ← castrum
• castrate ← castrat ← castrātus ← castrō ← *kastrāō
• cashel ← caiseal ← caisel ← castellum ← castrum
• alcazar ← الْقَصْر ← קַצְרָא ← castrum
• castellan ← castelain ← castelain ← castellanus ← castellum
• qasr ← قَصْر ← קַצְרָא ← castrum
• castellated ← castellum ← castrum
• chatelet ← chastelet ← chastel ← castellum ← castrum
• castrum

More words from *kastrom

• chatelain
• castellum
• ksar
• castellar
• castellology
• castellanus
• castellate
• casteller
• castlet
• castellany
• castlelet
• chatellany
• incastle

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kastrom