chestnut, chestnut-coloured, brown · having chestnut hair, brunette
çekim: çoğul châtains
eş: châtaigné
köken: First attested in the end of the 12th century; a back-formation from châtaigne, re-interpreted as a feminine adjective. Alternatively, inherited from Latin castaneus. The feminine châtaine is only attested since the second half of the 18th century; châtaine is also found as a non-palatalized alternative to châtaigne. Compare invariable marron.
köken: Probably from Latin castaneus, or a back-formation from castaña. Compare Portuguese castanho. Compare also Vulgar Latin *cassanus, from Celtic, and French chêne.
aile: castañar, castaño de India, pasar de castaño oscuro, pato castaño
brown (having brown color) · brown (hair or eye color) · chestnut (having a dark brown colour)
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castanho (“brown”), probably from Latin castaneus (“pertaining to chestnuts”). Cognate with Galician castaño, Mirandese castanho, Asturian castañu, Spanish castaño and Catalan castany. Doublet of castâneo.