Where does “castro” come from?

castro (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum, 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...

castro (Galician): a local fortified Iron Age village, of which some...

Definitions

  1. a local fortified Iron Age village, of which some...

Ancestry of “castro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecastro—
2Latincastrumcastle, fort, fortress; camp, especially a...
3Proto-Italickastromknife
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱos-tróm—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-tróm →Every word from Proto-Italic kastrom →