Where does “costermonger” come from?
costermonger (English) comes from English costard, from Old French coste, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
costermonger (English): A trader who sells fruit and vegetables from a...
Definitions
- A trader who sells fruit and vegetables from a...
Ancestry of “costermonger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | costard | A large cooking apple; The tree on which large... |
| 2 | Old French | coste | side; coast; rib |
| 3 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |