Etymology of the English word caste
the English word
castederived from the Portuguese word
castaderived from the Portuguese word
castoderived from the Church Latin word
castus (ceremonial state of abstinence; sexual abstinence on religious grounds; pure, moral; chaste)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kes-Date
The earliest known usage of caste in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
outcasteCognates
Dutch
kaste, French
caste, German
Kaste, Norwegian
kaste, Portuguese
casta, Russian
кacт, Swedish
kastUsage
Word found in Modern English
