Feminine

casta

Meaning

casto

chaste (abstaining from sexual activity)

Concepts

social structure

caste systems

social ranking

social sanctions

social stratification

social systems

Synonyms

proprement quelque chose de non mélangé

estrutura social

sistema social

escala social

estratificação social

caste

sanção social

Translations

αγνός

Sozialsystem

Gesellschaftsordnung

Gesellschaftsstruktur

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkas.tɐ/
Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”) (from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.

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