alcázar
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- alcazar Moorish fortress in Spain
- (by extension) citadel, castle, fortified town
- (nautical) quarterdeck
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قصر, اَلْقَصْر (castle) 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
- alcazar English
- castrum English
- castellum Latin
- castrametor Latin
- castrum Latin
- alcazar Italian
- incastrare Italian
- alcazar French
- Alcázar Spanish, Castilian
- *kat- Proto-Indo-European
- *kes- Proto-Indo-European
- alkazar Polish
- Ceaster Old English
- ceaster Old English
- قصر, اَلْقَصْر Arabic
- قَصْر Arabic
- Alcàsser Catalan, Valencian
- alcàsser Catalan, Valencian
- Αργυρόκαστρον Greek (modern)
- alcaçer Old Portuguese
- castro Old Portuguese
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- castro Old Spanish
- κάστρον gkm