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Where does “κόστος” come from?

κόστος (Greek) comes from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

κόστος (Greek): cost; money or effort expended in achieving...

Definitions

  1. cost; money or effort expended in achieving...

Ancestry of “κόστος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancostocost; expense; usury
2Polishkosztcost
3Hungarianköszthanks
4Hungarianköszönömfirst-person singular indicative present definite...
5Hungarian-ömUsed to form the first-person singular present...
6Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
7Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
8Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “κόστος”

  • κοστίζω
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →