英文词源
- chaste
- chaste: [13] Chaste comes via Old French from Latin castus ‘pure’. The notion of making someone pure, by correcting or reproving them, was expressed in Latin by the derived verb castīgāre, which passed into English in the 17th century as castigate. Old French, however, had already adopted it as chastier, which in the 12th century produced the now obsolete English verb chaste ‘discipline’. From it were formed the derivatives chastise [14] and chasten [16]. Also ultimately from Latin castus is English caste.
=> caste, chasten, chastise, incest - chaste (adj.)
- c. 1200, "virtuous, pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" (as defined by the Church), from Old French chaste "morally pure" (12c.), from Latin castus "clean, pure, morally pure" (see caste). Transferred sense of "sexually pure" is by 15c., perhaps by influence of chastity, though chaste as a noun meaning "virgin person" is recorded from early 14c. Related: Chastely.
中文词源
chaste（纯洁的）：宗教活动时的洁净要求
在古代宗教习俗中，人们在进行宗教活动时特别注意洁净，不仅供品、物品要进行洁净处 理，并且参加活动的人也要提前沐浴更衣，甚至还要求主持宗教活动的祭司在道德上是纯洁无瑕的。有些神殿用处女担任祭司也是出于这种考虑。英语单词 chaste就反映了这种宗教要求。它来自拉丁语castus，与cast（投掷）有关，表示“清洁，与不洁之物及罪恶分开）。英语单词caste（种 姓）与此同源，所以不同种姓之间不能通婚，以保持血统的高贵和纯洁。
chaste：[tʃeɪst] adj.纯洁的，贞洁的，道德高尚的
caste：[kɑːst] n.（印度）种姓，排他性的社会团体，等级严格的社会阶层
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：chaste 词源，chaste 含义。
chaste：贞结的
来自PIE*kes, 砍，劈，词源同caste, chasten.