Where does “oncostman” come from?
oncostman (English) comes from English oncost, 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...
oncostman (English): Any workman who was not paid a daily rate
Definitions
- Any workman who was not paid a daily rate
Ancestry of “oncostman”, step by step
oncostman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oncost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oncost | Additional costs; extra expenses; Overhead; The... |
| 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... |
via English MAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 2 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 3 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 5 | Old French | manual | — |
| 6 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |