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castle

/ˈkæsəl/KA-suhl
/ˈkæsəl/KA-suhl

Meaningsmall fort

Common meaning: a fortified building

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAD‘cover’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 399, p. 744 · scan
  2. Latincastellum‘small fort’source
  3. Old Englishmeaning shiftssmall fort → fortified placecastel‘fortified place’sourceB&T
  4. Englishcastle‘a fortified building’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin castellum ‘small fort’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CASTLE, p. 97 · dictionary scan

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