English
Redcastle
(in Scotland) From red + castle
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-
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Proto-Germanic *raudaz
Proto-West Germanic *raud
Old English rēad
Middle English red ‘red’
English red
Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- ‘to cut’
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Late Latin castellum ‘small camp, fort’
Proto-West Germanic *kastell ‘castle’
Old English castel ‘town, village; castle’
Middle English castel ‘castle’
English castle
Today it means
name A coastal locality with a ruined castle on the Black Isle in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5849).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Redcastle