The story
- Pre-Greek · derived from
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαστάνεια“chestnut”
- Latin · derived fromcastanea
- Spanish · borrowed fromcastañeta
- English todaycastanet
From Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia, “chestnut”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin. Related to the chest in chestnut, formerly chesten.
Words from the same roots
Latincastanea all →
chestnutcastalagincastaneous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.