chest
English
/t͡ʃɛst/
noun
Definitions
- A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
- (obsolete) A coffin.
- The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
- A chest of drawers.
- (anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
- A hit or blow made with one's chest.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cheste inherited from Old English ċest inherited from Proto-Germanic *kistō (chest, box) derived from Latin cista (chest, box, casket) derived from Ancient Greek κίστη (box, chest, basket, hamper) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (woven container).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kisteh₂
Gloss
woven container
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barechested English
- book English
- bookchest English
- chestage English
- chestal English
- chested English
- chestedness English
- chestful English
- chestguard English
- chestily English
- chestiness English
- chestless English
- chestlike English
- chestly English
- chestpad English
- chesty English
- cist English
- cool English
- coolchest English
- crescent English
- crescentchest English
- guard English
- midchest English
- pad English
- toy English
- toychest English
- wind English
- windchest English
- cista Latin
- cisterna Latin
- Kiste German
- cesta Italian
- cista Italian
- baloncesto Spanish, Castilian
- cesta Spanish, Castilian
- cestero Spanish, Castilian
- cesto Spanish, Castilian
- encestar Spanish, Castilian
- κίστη Ancient Greek
- *kisteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- kiste Norwegian Bokmål
- cesta Portuguese
- *kistō Proto-Germanic
- cest Old English
- ċest Old English
- cheste Middle English
- kesja Old Norse
- kista Old Norse
- kesto Esperanto
- kiste Middle Dutch
- kista Old High German
- Bréifkëscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Këscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- cesta Romansh
- chaista Romansh
- chista Romansh
- cesta Asturian