myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of casta

Etymology of the Portuguese word casta

the Portuguese word casta

derived from the Portuguese word casto

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-

English caste

Dutch kaste, English caste, French caste, German Kaste, Norwegian kaste, Russian кacт, Swedish kast