castro
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I prune
- I amputate
- I punish
- I purge
- I castrate or spay
- I dock (a tail)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Italic *kastrom (knife) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱostróm, *ḱos-tróm (cutting tool, knife), *ḱes- (cut, cut off, separate, cutVerb, cut up, slaughter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱes-
Gloss
cut, cut off, separate, cutVerb, cut up, slaughter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cassus Latin
- castellanus Latin
- castrum Latin
- castus Latin
- -eux French
- κριός Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱostróm, *ḱos-tróm Proto-Indo-European
- शस्त्र Sanskrit
- शस्त्र Hindi
- κριός Greek (modern)
- *ćasás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- *kazēō Proto-Italic
- crastu Sicilian
- ᬲᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ Balinese