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castro.

to prune

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkas.troː]Classical-Latin[ˈkas.tro]
  1. to prune

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  2. to amputate

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  3. to punish

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  4. to purge

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  5. to castrate or spay

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  6. to dock (a tail)

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kastrāō, denominative in -ō perhaps from a lost instrumental noun, Proto-Italic *kastrom (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱstróm (“cutting tool, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut up, to slaughter”); compare Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, “sword, dagger”). See also castrum, careō.

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