Etymology

chesten

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Today it means: A chestnut. Full definition →

Middle English chesteyne ← Old English ċisten ← Proto-West Germanic *kastannjā
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă)
  2. Latincastanea
  3. Old Frenchchastaigne
  4. Latincastanea
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kastannjā
  6. Old Englishċisten
  7. Middle Englishchesteyne
  8. English todaychesten

Inherited from Middle English chesteyne. Akin to Old High German chestinna ("chestnut"; > German dialectal Keste).

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