Where does “costworthy” come from?
costworthy (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.
costworthy (English): Worth the cost; spendworthy
Definitions
- Worth the cost; spendworthy
Ancestry of “costworthy”, step by step
costworthy 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 Worthy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Worthy | OS grid ref SS8548 |
| 2 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 3 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 4 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 5 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 6 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |