Etymology

castrato

cas·tra·to
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Today it means: A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice. Full definition →

Italian castrato ← Latin castrō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcastrō“to castrate”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromcastrato
  3. English todaycastrato

From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).

Words from the same roots

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