chatelaine
English
/ˈʃætəleɪn/, /ˈʃætl̩ˌeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) The mistress of a castle or large household.
- (historical) A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.
- A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.
Etymology
Borrowed from French châtelaine derived from Latin castellanus (a castle, an occupant of a castle, or a governor of a castle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cassus Latin
- castellanus Latin
- castellum Latin
- castus Latin
- -eux French
- châtelaine French
- castellano Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱostróm, *ḱos-tróm Proto-Indo-European
- castelain Old French
- *ćasás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- *kazēō Proto-Italic