Where does “castlette” come from?

castlette (English) comes from English Castle, from Middle English castel, from Old English castel, from Breton kastell, from Italian castello, from Latin castellum, from Latin castrum, from Proto-Italic kastrom — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

castlette (English): A small castle

Definitions

  1. A small castle

Ancestry of “castlette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCastlereferring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle
2Middle Englishcastelcastle
3Old Englishcasteltown; village; castle
4Bretonkastellcastle
5Italiancastellocastle
6Latincastellumcastle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a...
7Latincastrumcastle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a...
8Proto-Italickastromknife
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱos-tróm
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-