Vesta

Meaning

1. (Roman) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
2. A female given name from Latin in occasional use.
3. The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.

Synonyms

fireplace

focus

furnace

hearth

fire side

Translations

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Βέστα

lucifer

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waslucifer

Εστία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛstə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Vesta

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἑστία

Cognate with Old High German: -

Cognate with Old English: wesan

Cognate with Gothic: wisan

Cognate with Sanskrit: वसति

In summary

From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”).
Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.