Where does “costo” come from?
costo (Italian) comes 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.
costo (Italian): cost; expense; usury
Definitions
- cost; expense; usury
Ancestry of “costo”, step by step
costo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish koszt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 2 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 3 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 6 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 7 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Translingual Costus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Costus | genus|spiral gingers, of the tropics and subtropics worldwide}} |
| 2 | Latin | costus | an aromatic plant |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κόστος | costus (Saussurea costus), used as a spice |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कुष्ठ | crepe ginger; Hellenia speciosa (syn. Costus speciosus), traditionally used to cure तक्मन् |
| 5 | Sanskrit | स्थ | building; establishing |
| 6 | Sanskrit | स्था | to stand, station oneself, take up a position on;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |