castrum
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- castellum Latin
- castrametor Latin
- castrum Latin
- incastrare Italian
- *kat- Proto-Indo-European
- *kes- Proto-Indo-European
- Ceaster Old English
- ceaster Old English
- قصر, اَلْقَصْر Arabic
- قَصْر Arabic
- Αργυρόκαστρον Greek (modern)
- castro Old Portuguese
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- castro Old Spanish
- κάστρον gkm