cella
English
/ˈsɛlə/
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.
Etymology
Derived from Latin cella (small room, chamber, compartment, room, cell, pantry, closet, shrine, hut, granary).
Origin
Latin
cella
Gloss
small room, chamber, compartment, room, cell, pantry, closet, shrine, hut, granary
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
宮
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cella Latin
- cellarium Latin
- cellarius Latin
- cellula Latin
- cellārium Latin
- Zelle German
- cella Italian
- celda Spanish, Castilian
- κέλλα Ancient Greek
- *ḱelneh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelnā Proto-Indo-European
- celle Norwegian Bokmål
- selle Norwegian Bokmål
- cell Swedish
- celle Norwegian Nynorsk
- selle Norwegian Nynorsk
- cell Old English
- celle Danish
- cel Old French
- cel·la Catalan, Valencian
- Celanova Galician
- cell Welsh
- celle Middle Dutch
- cell Old Irish
- qelizë Albanian
- cela Old Portuguese
- κελλία gkm