Etymology of the English word chaste
the English word
chastederived from the Old French word
chastederived 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 chaste in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
French
chaste, Italian
casto, Spanish
castoUsage
Word found in Modern English
