Etymograph

English

alcazar

Alcazar comes from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر ‘large stone building from which power is…’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kastrom ‘part, share of something’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kastrom‘part, share of something’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcastrum‘castle, fort, fortress’
  3. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEקַצְרָאqaṣrā
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentالْقَصْرal-qaṣr‘large stone building from which power is projected, castle, palace’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentalcázar
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2002alcazar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kastrom‘part, share of something’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcastrum‘castle, fort, fortress’
  3. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEקַצְרָאqaṣrā
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentالْقَصْرal-qaṣr‘large stone building from which power is projected, castle, palace’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentalcázar
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2002alcazar

Earliest quotation: 2002, Donna Tartt, The Little Friend: “But most eloquent of all were the stories passed…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kastrom ‘part, share of something’

castrate, castellan, 17 more

through Latin castrum ‘castle, fort, fortress’

castle, château, castello, castell, cashel, 19 more

Today it means

noun Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kastrom / alcazar

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