Where does “kos” come from?

kos (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish cosa, from Old Spanish cosa, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

kos (Papiamentu): thing

Definitions

  1. thing

Ancestry of “kos”, step by step

kos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcosathing
2Old Spanishcosathing
3Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
4Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

via Portuguese coisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecoisathing; thingamajig; gizmo, thingy
2Old Portuguesecousathing

Words derived from “kos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂ →Every word from Old Latin caussa →Every word from Latin causa →