castilianism
/kæˈstɪl.jənɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Hispanicism; the use of a characteristic trait of Castilian Spanish in another language.
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Etymology
Etymology tree English Castilian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism Spanish castellanismocalq. English Castilianism From Castilian + -ism. Calque of Spanish castellanismo.