The story
- Latin · derived fromcastus“chaste”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄγνος
- English todayagnus castus
From Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos), confused with ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”) + by reinforcement Latin castus (“chaste”).
Words from the same roots
Latincastus all →
castechastecasta
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.