castro
Portuguese
/ˈkaʃ.tɾu/, /ˈkas.tɾu/
noun
Definitions
- fort of Roman or prehistoric origin
- a fortified pre-Roman Iron Age village frequently found in the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese castro inherited from Latin castrum (castle, camp, fort, fortress, citadel, stronghold) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (comb, scratch, scrape, card, cut, separate, cut off).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kes-
Gloss
comb, scratch, scrape, card, cut, separate, cut off
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- castrum English
- castellum Latin
- castrametor Latin
- castrum Latin
- incastrare Italian
- castro Spanish, Castilian
- ξέσις Ancient Greek
- ξεστός Ancient Greek
- ξυρόν Ancient Greek
- ξυστός Ancient Greek
- ξόανον Ancient Greek
- ἐΰξοος Ancient Greek
- *kat- Proto-Indo-European
- *kes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ksunyo-, *ksnew- Proto-Indo-European
- castrejo Portuguese
- *hazdaz Proto-Germanic
- *hezdǭ Proto-Germanic
- Ceaster Old English
- ceaster Old English
- *kostr- Proto-Slavic
- *česàti Proto-Slavic
- قصر, اَلْقَصْر Arabic
- قَصْر Arabic
- castro Galician
- Αργυρόκαστρον Greek (modern)
- *seur(j)ōn gmw-pro
- castro Old Portuguese
- *kīnsrā Proto-Celtic
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- kasa Lithuanian
- castro Old Spanish
- *kāra Proto-Albanian
- κάστρον gkm
- kexti Old Prussian