castanea

See also: Castanea, castañea, and castañeá

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia), from κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kasˈta.ne.a/

Noun

castanea f (genitive castaneae); first declension

a chestnut tree
a chestnut (nut)

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	castanea	castaneae
Genitive	castaneae	castaneārum
Dative	castaneae	castaneīs
Accusative	castaneam	castaneās
Ablative	castaneā	castaneīs
Vocative	castanea	castaneae

Synonyms

(chestnut tree): castaneārius (Mediaeval)

Derived terms

castaneālis
castaneārius
castaneolus
castanētum
castaneus

Descendants

Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: cãstãnji
Corsican: castagna
Italian: castagna
Old French: chastaigne
- Middle French: chastaigne
  - French: châtaigne
- Norman: chât'nyi
- Picard: castagne
  - → Dutch: kastanje
- Walloon: cascagne
- → Middle English: chesteyne, chasteine, chesten, chestein, kesteyn, chestan, chasteyn, chestayn, chaston, chasten, chestyn, cheston (with Old English ċisten)
  - Scots: chestane
  - English: chesten
    - ⇒ English: chestnut
      - → Gujarati: ચેસ્ટનટ (cesṭanaṭ)
- → Swedish: kastanj
  - → Finnish: kastanja
Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: castaña
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Catalan: castanya
- Occitan: castanha
Old Portuguese: castanna
- Galician: castaña
- Portuguese: castanha
Old Spanish: castanna
- Spanish: castaña
  - ⇒ Spanish: castañeta
    - → English: castanet
  - → Cebuano: kastanyas (from the plural)
  - → Tagalog: kastanyas (from the plural)
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: cjastine
Sicilian: castagna
Venetian: castegna
→ Albanian: gështenjë
→ Alemannic German: Chestene
→ Arabic: كَسْتَنَاء‎ (kastanāʾ)
- Hijazi Arabic: كستنا‎ (kastana)
→ Czech: kaštan
→ Estonian: kastan
→ German: Kastanie (see there for further descendants)
→ Latgalian: kaštans
→ Latvian: kastanis
→ Lithuanian: kaštonas
→ Luxembourgish: Käscht
→ Macedonian: костен (kosten)
→ Manx: castan
→ Romanian: castan
→ Old English: ċisten
- Middle English: chesteyne, chasteine, chesten, chestein, kesteyn, chestan, chasteyn, chestayn, chaston, chasten, chestyn, cheston (with Old French chastaigne)
  - Scots: chestane
  - English: chesten
    - ⇒ English: chestnut
      - → Gujarati: ચેસ્ટનટ (cesṭanaṭ)
→ Scottish Gaelic: castan
→ Slovak: gaštan
→ Slovene: kostanj
→ Welsh: castanwydd (“chestnut trees”) (+ gwŷdd (“trees”))

References

castănĕa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
castanea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
castănĕa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 271/2
“castanea” on page 281/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)