Where does “kosten” come from?

kosten (German) comes from Middle High German kosten, from Old French coster, from Latin constō, from Proto-Italic komstaēō — literally to stand together.

kosten (German): to cost; to taste, try; first/third-person plural...

Definitions

  1. to cost; to taste, try; first/third-person plural...

Ancestry of “kosten”, step by step

kosten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German kosten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankosten—
2Old Frenchcosterto cost
3Latinconstōto stand together
4Proto-Italickomstaēōliterally to stand together

via Spanish costar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcostarto cost; to find something very difficult, to...
2Old Spanishcostar—
3Latincōnstāre—
Every word from Proto-Italic komstaēō →