Where does “-ost” come from?
-ost (Old English) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ōst, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...
-ost (Old English): Alternative form of -est
Ancestry of “-ost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -ōst | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ostь | Used with adjectival stems to form abstract... |
Words derived from “-ost”