Where does “chasteberry” come from?
chasteberry (English) comes from English chaste, from Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste, from Latin castus, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
chasteberry (English): The shrub Vitex agnus-castus
Definitions
- The shrub Vitex agnus-castus
Ancestry of “chasteberry”, step by step
chasteberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chaste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chaste | Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual... |
| 2 | Middle English | chaste | — |
| 3 | Old French | chaste | chaste; celibate |
| 4 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 5 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |