Where does “chastenment” come from?

chastenment (English) comes from English chasten, from Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier, from Latin castīgō — to castigate, chastise, reprove.

chastenment (English): The act of chastening

Definitions

  1. The act of chastening

Ancestry of “chastenment”, step by step

chastenment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chasten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchastenTo make chaste
2Middle Englishchastien—
3Old Frenchchastierto punish
4Latincastīgōto castigate, chastise, reprove

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Latin castīgō →Every word from Old French chastier →Every word from Middle English chastien →