Where does “castelanizar” come from?
castelanizar (Galician) comes from Galician castelán, from Old Portuguese castelão, from Latin castellānus, from Latin castella, from Latin castellum, from Latin castrum, from Proto-Italic kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-tróm — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
castelanizar (Galician): to render Spanish; to Hispanicize
Definitions
- to render Spanish; to Hispanicize
Ancestry of “castelanizar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | castelán | Castilian; castellan; Spanish, Castilian |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | castelão | — |
| 3 | Latin | castellānus | of or pertaining to a fort or castle |
| 4 | Latin | castella | nominative plural of castellum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Latin | castellum | castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a... |
| 6 | Latin | castrum | castle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kastrom | knife |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱos-tróm | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |