The story
- Latin · derived fromcastellānus
- Old French · derived fromchastelenie
- French · derived fromchâtellenie
- English todaychatellany
From French châtellenie, from Old French chastelenie, from chastelain + -ie, from Latin castellānus, from castellum + -ānus, from castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix). Doublet of castellany.
Words from the same roots
Latincastellānus all →
castellancastellany
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.