castus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- morally pure, guiltless
- pure, chaste, free from barbarisms
- religious, pious
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (cut, cut off, separate, cutVerb, cut up, slaughter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱes-
Gloss
cut, cut off, separate, cutVerb, cut up, slaughter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Casta English
- casta English
- caste English
- chaste English
- agō Latin
- cassus Latin
- caste Latin
- castellanus Latin
- castifico Latin
- castigo Latin
- castimonia Latin
- castitas Latin
- incestus Latin
- Kaste German
- casta Italian
- castamente Italian
- casto Italian
- incest Dutch, Flemish
- kaste Dutch, Flemish
- -eux French
- caste French
- chaste French
- casta Spanish, Castilian
- castamente Spanish, Castilian
- castizo Spanish, Castilian
- casto Spanish, Castilian
- castísimo Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kas- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱostróm, *ḱos-tróm Proto-Indo-European
- kaste Norwegian Bokmål
- casta Portuguese
- casto Portuguese
- monocasta Portuguese
- *kastuz Proto-Germanic
- *kastōną Proto-Germanic
- kasta Old Norse
- chaste Old French
- chasteté Old French
- cast Catalan, Valencian
- castedat Catalan, Valencian
- casta Galician
- caste Galician
- casto Galician
- cast Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- casto Old Portuguese
- კასტა Georgian
- *ćasás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kastrom Proto-Italic
- *kazēō Proto-Italic