chesteyne

chesteyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chasteine, chasten, chasteyn, chaston, chestan, chestayn, chesten, chestein, chestyn, cheston, kesteyn

Etymology

From a combination of Old French chastaigne and Old English ċisten, both from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛsˈtɛi̯n(ə)/, /t͡ʃasˈtɛi̯n(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɛstən/
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n(ə)

Noun

chesteyne (plural chesteynes)

1. A chestnut tree (tree of the genus Castanea)
2. A chestnut; the nut of the chestnut tree.
3. (rare) chestnut wood.

Descendants

• English: chesten (obsolete)
  • ⇒ English: chestnut
    • → Middle Scots: chastnut (calque)
      • Scots: chestnut
• Middle Scots: chastan, chasten, chestane

References

• “chesteine, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.