Where does “cost” come from?
cost (Middle English) comes from Middle English costen, from Old French couster, from Medieval Latin costo, from Latin consto, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cost (Middle English): means
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Ancestry of “cost”, step by step
cost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English costen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | costen | to cost |
| 2 | Old French | couster | Alternative form of coster; to cost |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | costo | — |
| 4 | Latin | consto | to stand together; to stand still; to remain the... |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Old English cost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cost | option, choice; possibility; condition, manner,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 4 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 5 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 6 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 7 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 8 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 10 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 11 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 12 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |