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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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... |