Where does “cost” come from?
Cost comes from German kosten, from Latin costa, from Latin constare meaning "to stand together," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵews-.
cost (English): To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price
Definitions
- To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price
Ancestry of “cost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cost | means |
| 2 | Middle English | costen | to cost |
| 3 | Old French | couster | Alternative form of coster; to cost |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | costo | — |
| 5 | Latin | consto | to stand together; to stand still; to remain the... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |