Vesta

Vesta planetary symbol (modern)

Meaning

The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
A female given name from Latin in occasional use.
4 Vesta, the fourth asteroid discovered.

From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία ("to dwell") and Ἑστία, all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan ("to be"), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति ("abide dwell").
Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

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