Chester
English
/ˈtʃɛs.tɚ/, /ˈtʃɛs.tə/
proper noun
Definitions
- (city/county town in Cheshire).
- Any of a number of towns in the United States and Canada:
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Chestre inherited from Old English Ceaster derived from Latin castrum (castle, camp, fort, fortress, citadel, stronghold).
Origin
Latin
castrum
Gloss
castle, camp, fort, fortress, citadel, stronghold
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
城
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Exe English
- Exeter English
- Grantchester English
- castrum English
- chesterlite English
- Glēvum Latin
- castellum Latin
- castra Latin
- castrametor Latin
- castrum Latin
- incastrare Italian
- *kat- Proto-Indo-European
- *kes- Proto-Indo-European
- Ceaster Old English
- Exanċeaster Old English
- ceaster Old English
- Chestre Middle English
- قصر, اَلْقَصْر Arabic
- قَصْر Arabic
- Αργυρόκαστρον Greek (modern)
- Chester Cebuano
- castro Old Portuguese
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- castro Old Spanish
- mamm Breton
- κάστρον gkm