Etymology

castaneous

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Today it means: Having the colour of a chestnut; chestnut-coloured. Full definition →

Latin castanea
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcastanea“a chestnut, a chestnut tree”
  2. English todaycastaneous

From the Latin castanea (“a chestnut, a chestnut tree”) + -ous (“full, full of”).

Words from the same roots

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