Casta
English
noun
Definitions
- The institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico.
- Variety, in reference to and in names of Portugal grapes or wine.
Etymology
Derived from Portuguese casta (race, lineage, bloodline, caste, breed) derived from Gothic *πΊπ°πππ derived from Latin castus (pure, pious, clean, virtuous, unpolluted, chaste).
Origin
Latin
castus
Gloss
pure, pious, clean, virtuous, unpolluted, chaste
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
ζ΅
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caste Latin
- castifico Latin
- castigo Latin
- castimonia Latin
- castitas Latin
- castus Latin
- incestus Latin
- Kaste German
- casta Italian
- casto Italian
- kaste Dutch, Flemish
- caste French
- casta Spanish, Castilian
- casto Spanish, Castilian
- *αΈ±es- Proto-Indo-European
- kaste Norwegian BokmΓ₯l
- casta Portuguese
- monocasta Portuguese
- *kastuz Proto-Germanic
- *kastΕnΔ Proto-Germanic
- chaste Old French
- cast Catalan, Valencian
- casta Galician
- caste Galician
- casto Galician
- cast Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *πΊπ°πππ°π½ Gothic
- *πΊπ°πππ Gothic
- casto Old Portuguese
- ααα‘α’α Georgian