Where does “cost” come from?
cost (Old English) comes from Old Norse kǫstr, from Middle Low German kost, from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm — 3rd person plural verb ending.
cost (Old English): option, choice; possibility; condition, manner,...
Definitions
- option, choice; possibility; condition, manner,...
Ancestry of “cost”, step by step
cost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse kǫstr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | kǫstr | pile |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kost | meal; food |
| 3 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 4 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 5 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 6 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 7 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 8 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 9 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 10 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 11 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via Proto-Germanic kust-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kust- | — |