Where does “kaste” come from?
kaste (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Portuguese casta, from Latin castus, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
kaste (Norwegian Bokmål): caste; to throw; to dart
Ancestry of “kaste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | casta | bloodline; lineage; breed; race; species |
| 2 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 3 | Latin | careō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |
Words derived from “kaste”