castaño
Meaning
Concepts
chestnut brown
European chestnut
chestnut including chinkapin
chestnut-colored
dark brown
Japanese chestnut
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cas‧ta‧ño
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kasˈtaɲo/
Etymology
In summary
Probably from Latin castaneus, or a back-formation from castaña. Compare Portuguese castanho. Compare also Vulgar Latin *cassanus, from Celtic, and French chêne.
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