chesteyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛsˈtɛi̯n(ə)/, /tʃasˈtɛi̯n(ə)/, /ˈtʃɛstən/
• 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

• Scots: chestane
• English: chesten
  • ⇒ English: chestnut
    • → Gujarati: ચેસ્ટનટ (cesṭanaṭ)

References

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