châtelain
French
noun
Definitions
- someone who lives in a castle
- (obsolete) lord (master of a household)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chastelain inherited from Latin castellānus suffix from French château.
Origin
French
château
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chatelain English
- château English
- castellania Latin
- castellānus Latin
- castellano Italian
- Chateaubriand French
- château French
- châtelet French
- châtellenie French
- chateau Danish
- chastel Old French
- chastelain Old French
- şato Turkish
- chasteau Middle French
- castelão Old Portuguese
- castellan Romansh
- castelàn Romansh
- chastellan Romansh
- chastlan Romansh
- chastlaun Romansh
- cjiscjel Friulian
- cjiscjelan Friulian
- casteddanu Sardinian
- castellain fro-pic