myEtymology.com: English etymology of castigating

Etymology of the English word castigating

the English word castigating

derived from the English word castigate

derived from the Latin word castigatio (punishment; reprimand, reproof)

derived from the Latin word castigatus (tightly drawn, restrained, confined)

derived from the Latin word castigare (chastise, chasten, punish)

derived 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-

derived from the Medieval Latin word agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ag-