caste
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish casta (“lineage, breed, race”), of uncertain origin. The OED derives it from Portuguese casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus. Coromines (1987) argues instead for a hypothetical Gothic form *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), cognate with English cast, from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵ-es-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: käst, IPA(key): /kɑːst/
- (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /kast/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kæst/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophones: cast, karst (in some non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɑːst
Noun edit
caste (plural castes)
- Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
- 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Pakistan is a conservative, religious state. The Edhi Foundation is unusual in its ignoring of caste, creed, religion and sect. This strict stance has led to some criticism from religious groups.
- A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 236:
- 'I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty - to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.'
- 1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica[2]:
- The tinkers then formed a hereditary caste.
- (zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.
Derived terms edit
- casteism
- casteist
- casteless
- castelike
- caste mark
- castemate
- castewise
- caste-ridden
- half-caste
- lose caste
- quarter-caste
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Verb edit
caste
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
caste f (plural castes)
Further reading edit
- “caste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), compare English cast.[1]
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Noun edit
caste f (plural castes)
- species, race or kind
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 29:
- Por aquí nacen os ricos polo outro probes labregos. Estas son as dúas castes que hai en todo o mundo inteiro.
- Here the rich people are born, there the poor peasants; these are the two races that there are in the whole world
- quality
- 1859, Ramón Barros Silvelo, Un dia de desfertuna, page 3:
- Dime logo que o probe do animal ou é de mala caste, ou ben non come
- He readily told me that the animal [that I was selling] either was of bad quality, or either it didn't eat
- progeny; group of people that share a common ancestor
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 8:
- { soy llamado Pedro Luces ... } - To to to, vamos con tento que un home con ese nome pode ser caste do demo.
- {I am called Peter Lights...} —Wo wo wo! Let us be careful: a man with that name could de a Devil's child.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “caste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caste” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caste” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “casta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian edit
Adjective edit
caste
Noun edit
caste f
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Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkas.teː/, [ˈkäs̠t̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.te/, [ˈkäst̪e]
Adverb edit
castē (comparative castius, superlative castissimē)
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of castus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkas.te/, [ˈkäs̠t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.te/, [ˈkäst̪e]
Adjective edit
caste
References edit
- “caste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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