castellum
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin castellum (castle, fort, citadel, fortress, reservoir, cistern).
Origin
Latin
castellum
Gloss
castle, fort, citadel, fortress, reservoir, cistern
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
城
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Castella Latin
- castellanus Latin
- castellum Latin
- castrum Latin
- castello Italian
- ἔλαιον Ancient Greek
- castel Old English
- kastel Danish
- castel Old French
- chastel Old French
- kastelo Esperanto
- castel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- castell Welsh
- kastel Old High German
- Caisel Old Irish
- caisel Old Irish
- castelo Old Portuguese
- castiellu Asturian
- cjiscjel Friulian
- castel Old Occitan
- Castiella Old Spanish
- castiello Old Spanish
- casteło Venetian
- kastell Breton
- castel xno
- gaztelu Basque
- קַסְטֵל Aramaic
- castial Dalmatian
- chaîteâ Bourguignon
- Casteddu Sardinian
- casteddu Sardinian
- castiello Neapolitan
- castellu Corsican
- castielho Mirandese
- châtél Franco-Provençal
- castel ONF.