caste

Meaning

  1. (feminine) caste (hereditary class)
  2. (feminine) class (social position)

Concepts

low-caste person

social structure

caste systems

social ranking

social sanctions

social stratification

social systems

Synonyms

rang social

structure sociale

système social

sanction sociale

stratification sociale

Frequency

26k
Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese casta, if of Germanic origin, possibly from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵ-es- (“to throw”), similar to English cast. Or, alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus.

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