Where does “castigar” come from?

castigar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish castigar, from Latin castīgō — to castigate, chastise, reprove.

castigar (Spanish): to punish, to castigate

Definitions

  1. to punish, to castigate

Ancestry of “castigar”, step by step

castigar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish castigar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcastigar—
2Latincastīgōto castigate, chastise, reprove

via Latin castīgāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincastīgāre—

Words derived from “castigar”

Every word from Latin castīgō →Every word from Old Spanish castigar →