Where does “castrate” come from?

castrate (English) comes from Latin castrātus, from Latin castrō, from Proto-Italic kastrāō, from Proto-Italic kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-tróm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

castrate (English): A castrated man; a eunuch; To remove the...

Definitions

  1. A castrated man; a eunuch; To remove the...

Ancestry of “castrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincastrātuscastrated, emasculated
2Latincastrōto prune
3Proto-Italickastrāō—
4Proto-Italickastromknife
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱos-tróm—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

Words derived from “castrate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-tróm →Every word from Proto-Italic kastrom →