vesta

vesta · noun¹

Named after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth.

Vesta · proper noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂wes-
2. Latin · derived fromVesta
3. Middle English · inherited fromVesta
4. English todayVesta

From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”). Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

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