User talk:Rhyminreason/Sandbox/Karzer

Etymology
From (or cognate to) Latin or Galician castrum (to punish). Analogous to Kerker. Cf. alcázar (and Alcatraz?), via the dungeon of a fortification. Common sense is confinement, ex-/seclusion (Einschluss, Ausschluss, what, there is a better word for word translation for what I have in mind). In pre-ancient times perhaps simply a hole in the ground, or a mine for work.

Now it depends what sources say.

Noun

 * 1) (Austrian) Prison.
 * 2) (obsolete) detention room.