Where does “cost” come from?

cost (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin cōnstāre.

cost (Old French): cost; financial outlay

Definitions

  1. cost; financial outlay

Ancestry of “cost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincostare—
2Latincōnstāre—

Words derived from “cost”

Every word from Latin cōnstāre →Every word from Medieval Latin costare →