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

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -est

Ancestry of “-ost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-ōst—
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...

Words derived from “-ost”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -ōst →