derived from the Latin word
incestus (unchaste; unholy, unclean)
derived from the Latin word
in-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-using the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)