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ChestEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Shortened form of Chester taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chestEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chestEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English chest, cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from Old English ċēast, ċēas (“strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; reproof”). Related to Old Frisian kāse (“strife, contention”), Old Saxon caest (“quarrel, dispute”), Old High German kōsa (“speech, story, account”).
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- ChestMiddle English · word_chest_sb_1
Chest, sb. jangling, strife, MD, P; cheast, MD; cheaste, MD; cheste, G, S; cheestis, pl., W.—AS. céast.
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Chest, sb. chest, ark, coffin, PP, MD; chæst, MD; cæste, dat., S. Cf. Kist.
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