Where does “noncostable” come from?
noncostable (English) comes from English costable, 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- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
noncostable (English): Not costable
Definitions
- Not costable
Ancestry of “noncostable”, step by step
noncostable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English costable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | costable | For which a monetary cost may be assessed |
| 2 | English | cost | To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price |
| 3 | Middle English | cost | means |
| 4 | Middle English | costen | to cost |
| 5 | Old French | couster | Alternative form of coster; to cost |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | costo | — |
| 7 | Latin | consto | to stand together; to stand still; to remain the... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |