Where does “costard” come from?

costard (English) comes from Old French coste, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

costard (English): A large cooking apple; The tree on which large...

Definitions

  1. A large cooking apple; The tree on which large...

Ancestry of “costard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcosteside; coast; rib
2Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
3Proto-Indo-Europeankost-

Words derived from “costard

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost-