Where does “chaste” come from?
Chaste comes from Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste, from Latin castus, from Proto-Indo-European kesa.
chaste (English): Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual...
Definitions
- Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual...
Ancestry of “chaste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chaste | — |
| 2 | Old French | chaste | chaste; celibate |
| 3 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 4 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |