Where does “costermongerly” come from?
costermongerly (English) comes from English costermonger, from English costard, from Old French coste, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
Ancestry of “costermongerly”, step by step
costermongerly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English costermonger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | costermonger | A trader who sells fruit and vegetables from a... |
| 2 | English | costard | A large cooking apple; The tree on which large... |
| 3 | Old French | coste | side; coast; rib |
| 4 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |