Where does “cos” come from?

cos (Middle English) comes from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic koss, from Proto-Germanic kussaz — kiss.

cos (Middle English): a kiss action of kissing

Definitions

  1. a kiss action of kissing

Ancestry of “cos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcosskiss
2Proto-West Germanickosskiss
3Proto-Germanickussazkiss

Words derived from “cos”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kussaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic koss →Every word from Old English coss →