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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *castĩeiro, from local Medieval Latin castanario,[1] from castanea (“chestnut”). Doublet of castiñeiro. Cognate with Portuguese castanheiro.
Noun
castiro m (plural castiros)
- chestnut tree
- Synonym: castiñeiro
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “castiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN