Where does “custoso” come from?

custoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese custo, from Portuguese custar, from Old Portuguese custar, from Latin cōnstāre.

custoso (Portuguese): costly; expensive

Definitions

  1. costly; expensive

Ancestry of “custoso”, step by step

custoso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese custo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecustocost; difficulty
2Portuguesecustarto cost; to be difficult; to be tiresome,...
3Old Portuguesecustar—
4Latincōnstāre—

via Galician custo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancustocost; first-person singular present indicative of...

Words derived from “custoso”

Every word from Latin cōnstāre →Every word from Old Portuguese custar →Every word from Portuguese custar →