Where does “chastness” come from?
chastness (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...
chastness (English): Obsolete form of chasteness
Definitions
- Obsolete form of chasteness
Ancestry of “chastness”, step by step
chastness 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... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |