Where does “chestily” come from?
chestily (English) comes from English chesty, from English chest, from English Chester, from English molester, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
chestily (English): In a chesty manner
Definitions
- In a chesty manner
Ancestry of “chestily”, step by step
chestily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chesty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chesty | Having large breasts; busty; Not dry; involving... |
| 2 | English | chest | A box, now usually a large strong box with a... |
| 3 | English | Chester | A child molester |
| 4 | English | molester | Agent noun of molest: one who molests;... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |