Etymology of the Latin word castanea
the Latin word
castanea (chestnut-tree, chestnut)
derived from the Greek word
kastanon, κάστανον
Derivations in other languages
Albanian
gështenjë, French
châtaigne, Italian
castagna, Portuguese
castanha, Spanish
castañaCognates
Catalan
castanya, Dutch
kastanje, English
chestnut, French
châtaigne, German
Kastanie, Icelandic
kastanía, Italian
castagna, Lithuanian
kaštonas, Norwegian
kastanje, Polish
kasztan, Portuguese
castanha, Provençal
castanha, Russian
кaштaн, Spanish
castaña, Swedish
kastanj, Yiddish
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