chatelain

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcastrum“fort”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromcastellum
3. Old French · derived fromchastelein
4. Middle French · derived fromchatelaine
5. Middle English · inherited fromchateleyn
6. English todaychatelain

From Middle English chateleyn, from Middle French chatelaine, from Old French chastelein and castelain (“castellan”), from chastel and castel (“castle”) + -ain (“-an: forming adj.”), from Medieval Latin castellum, from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ellum (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellanus, and castellan.

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