Where does “cadastral” come from?
Cadastral comes from French cadastral, from French cadastre, from Old French -al, from Latin -alis, from Venetian catastico, from Byzantine Greek κατάστιχον, from Ancient Greek στίχος meaning row or line, from Ancient Greek στείχω meaning to go or proceed.
cadastral (English): of or relating to a cadastre; A cadastre
Definitions
- of or relating to a cadastre; A cadastre
Ancestry of “cadastral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadastral | cadastral |
| 2 | French | cadastre | cadastre a register showing details of land ownership and value |
| 3 | Occitan | cathastre | — |
| 4 | Italian | catastro | — |
| 5 | Venetian | catastico | — |
| 6 | Byzantine Greek | κατάστιχον | line by line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | στίχος | a row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |