Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chesten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chesten
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chestnut.

Obsolete

noun

A chestnut-tree.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă)bor. Latin castanea Old French chastaignebor. ▲ Latin castaneabor. Proto-West Germanic *kastannjā Old English ċisten Middle English chesteyne English chesten Inherited from Middle English chesteyne. Akin to Old High German chestinna ("chestnut"; > German dialectal Keste).

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Inflected Forms

chestens (plural)

Questions

What does chesten mean?
A chestnut.
Where does chesten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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