donjon

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Turning to Google, I learned that the English word dungeon emerged several centuries ago from the French donjon, which in turn is thought to have descended from dominio, which is Latin for lord or master.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2017

However, both donjon and dungeon originally referred to and still refer to, secondarily, a castle keep.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2017

Oldest part of the grim little hamlet was a "broch tower": a crude donjon keep.

From Time Magazine Archive

The archiepiscopal palace adjoins the cathedral in the rear, and has a noble donjon of the fourteenth century.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

I'll guide ye up the stairway steep, And naught will ye be missing O' battlement or donjon keep, Or blarney stone for kissing.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean