Where does “castă” come from?
castă (Romanian) comes from French caste, 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...
castă (Romanian): caste
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Ancestry of “castă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | caste | caste; class |
| 2 | Portuguese | casta | bloodline; lineage; breed; race; species |
| 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... |