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Where does “castigate” come from?

castigate (Italian) comes from Italian castigato, from Italian castigare, from Latin castīgō.

castigate (Italian): feminine plural of castigato; second-person...

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of castigato; second-person...

Ancestry of “castigate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancastigatochasten, sober, pure; past participle of...
2Italiancastigareto punish, castigate, chasten, trounce
3Latincastīgō—
Every word from Latin castīgō →