Where does “chastly” come from?
chastly (English) comes from English chast, 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 — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
chastly (English): Obsolete form of chastely
Definitions
- Obsolete form of chastely
Ancestry of “chastly”, step by step
chastly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chast | to chasten; Obsolete form of chaste |
| 2 | English | chaste | Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual... |
| 3 | Middle English | chaste | — |
| 4 | Old French | chaste | chaste; celibate |
| 5 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 6 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |