Where does “dagang-kosta” come from?
dagang-kosta (Tagalog) comes from Finnish kosta-, from Esperanto kosto, from English cost, from Middle English cost, from Middle English costen, from Old French couster, from Medieval Latin costo, from Latin consto.
dagang-kosta (Tagalog): guinea pig
Definitions
- guinea pig
Ancestry of “dagang-kosta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kosta- | — |
| 2 | Esperanto | kosto | cost |
| 3 | English | cost | To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price |
| 4 | Middle English | cost | means |
| 5 | Middle English | costen | to cost |
| 6 | Old French | couster | Alternative form of coster; to cost |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | costo | — |
| 8 | Latin | consto | to stand together; to stand still; to remain the... |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |