Vesta Definition

vĕstə
noun
The goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia.
Webster's New World
The brightest of the asteroids and the second most massive object in the asteroid belt after the dwarf planet Ceres.
American Heritage
A short wooden or wax match.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.

Wiktionary
A female given name in occasional use.
Wiktionary

(astronomy) Short for 4 Vesta, the fourth asteroid discovered.

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Origin of Vesta

  • From Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestia, “to dwell") and Ἑστία (Hestia, “Hestia"), all from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be"), Gothic wisan (wisan), Sanskrit वसति (“abide dwell").

    From Wiktionary

  • Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin wes-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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