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Etimology. Castle is Norman French for Chateau. A special kind of house, typically/historically for a nobleman, i.e. a landowner. Remember much of English is a
by mellavora 5y ago
Etimology. Castle is Norman French for Chateau. A special kind of house, typically/historically for a nobleman, i.e. a landowner.
Remember much of English is actually Norman French. After the conquest and all.
- mkl 5y agoOkay, but etymology is not meaning. Meanings change quite a bit.
- KineticLensman 5y ago> Castle is Norman French for Chateau According to my Oxford English Dictionary, both 'castle' and 'chateau' are modern variants of the older Latin 'castellum'.