Where does “cost” come from?

cost (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French cost, from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin cōnstāre.

Ancestry of “cost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcostcost; financial outlay
2Medieval Latincostare—
3Latincōnstāre—

Words derived from “cost”

Every word from Latin cōnstāre →Every word from Medieval Latin costare →Every word from Old French cost →