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• Chesnut — This most interesting name, although a rare English surname, is of Old French origin. It is a topographical name for a dweller by the chestnut tree , from the Middle English chesteine , from the Old French chastaigne , ultimately deriving from… …   Surnames reference

• Chestnut — This most interesting name, although a rare English surname, is of Old French origin. It is a topographical name for a dweller by the chestnut tree , from the Middle English chesteine , from the Old French chastaigne , ultimately deriving from… …   Surnames reference

• Chestnutt — This most interesting name, although a rare English surname, is of Old French origin. It is a topographical name for a dweller by the chestnut tree , from the Middle English chesteine , from the Old French chastaigne , ultimately deriving from… …   Surnames reference

• chestnut — [16] The Greek word for ‘chestnut’ was kastanéā, which appears to have meant originally ‘nut from Castanea’ (in Pontus, Asia Minor) or ‘nut from Castana’ (in Thessaly, Greece). It came into English via Latin castanea and Old French chastaine,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• chestnut — [16] The Greek word for ‘chestnut’ was kastanéā, which appears to have meant originally ‘nut from Castanea’ (in Pontus, Asia Minor) or ‘nut from Castana’ (in Thessaly, Greece). It came into English via Latin castanea and Old French chastaine,… …   Word origins

• chestnut — [ches′nut΄, chest′nut΄] n. [< chesten nut < ME chesteine < OFr chastaigne < L castanea < Gr kastaneia] 1. the smooth shelled, sweet, edible nut of any of a genus (Castanea) of trees of the beech family 2. the tree that it grows on… …   English World dictionary

• chastaine — chastaine, ayne var. of chesteine, Obs …   Useful english dictionary

• chastein — chastein(e var. of chesteine, Obs., chestnut …   Useful english dictionary

• chasteine — chastein(e var. of chesteine, Obs., chestnut …   Useful english dictionary

• chasteyn — var. of chesteine, Obs., chestnut …   Useful english dictionary