Where does “carbon cost” come from?
carbon cost (English) comes from English cost, from Middle English cost, from Middle English costen, from Old French couster, from Medieval Latin costo, from Latin consto, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
Ancestry of “carbon cost”, step by step
carbon cost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cost | To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price |
| 2 | Middle English | cost | means |
| 3 | Middle English | costen | to cost |
| 4 | Old French | couster | Alternative form of coster; to cost |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | costo | — |
| 6 | Latin | consto | to stand together; to stand still; to remain the... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English carbon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carbon | The chemical element with an atomic number of 6.... |
| 2 | English | budget | The amount of money or resources earmarked for a... |
| 3 | Middle English | bogett | — |
| 4 | Old French | bougette | — |
| 5 | Old French | bouge | sack; purse; small bag |
| 6 | Latin | bulga | knapsack, wallet, satchel; wallet, purse; womb |
| 7 | Gaulish | bolgā | bag, sack |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | bolgos | sack, bag; stomach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |