The story
- Latin · derived fromcastrum“camp”
- Old English · derived fromċeaster“city, town”
- English todayCaister
From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċeaster all →
manchesterChesterWinchesterGloucesterDorchesterChesterman-cesterCestrian
Latincastrum all →
castleCostellocastellanoalcazarqasrchatelaincastrum-cesterGjirokastër
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.