Chest

Morpheme

Chest

Type

free base

Denotation

box, casket, coffin

Etymology

Middle English cheste, chiste; Old English ċest, ċist; Latin cista; Ancient Greek kístē

Evidence

bookchest, chest, chestage, chestal, chested, chestfeed, chestful, chestguard, chestier, chestiest, chesting, chestless, chestlike, chestly, chestpad, chestpiece, chestplate, chests, chesty, coolchest, midchest, outchested, toychest, unchest, windchest

See Also

Cist

Homographs

Chest