Where does “unchastity” come from?
Unchastity comes from English chastity, which derives from Latin castus meaning pure, itself traced through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ultimately to the root h₂ent-.
unchastity (English): The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness;...
Definitions
- The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness;...
Ancestry of “unchastity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | chastity | The quality of being chaste: the state of... |
| 2 | Middle English | chastite | — |
| 3 | Old French | chasteté | — |
| 4 | Latin | castitas | purity; morality; chastity |
| 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... |