The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromcastellum“castle, fortress”
- New Latin · borrowed fromcastellānus
- English todaycastellanus
From New Latin castellānus, from Medieval Latin castellum (“castle, fortress”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adj.”), from castrum (“fort”) + -ellum (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellan, and chatelain.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latincastellum all →
chatelaincastellated
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.