Where does “castidade” come from?
castidade (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese castidade, from Latin castitas, 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...
castidade (Portuguese): chastity
Definitions
- chastity
Ancestry of “castidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | castidade | — |
| 2 | Latin | castitas | purity; morality; chastity |
| 3 | Latin | castus | morally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from... |
| 4 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |