Chestre
Middle English
/ˈtʃɛstər/
proper noun
Definitions
- Chester (city in modern Cheshire)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Ceaster derived 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
- Chester English
- Exeter English
- castrum English
- chesterlite English
- 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)
- Chester Cebuano
- castro Old Portuguese
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- castro Old Spanish
- κάστρον gkm