cost

cost · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
6. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
7. Proto-Italic*staējō
8. Proto-Italic*staēō
9. Proto-Italic*komstaēō
10. Latincōnstō
11. Medieval Latincōstō
12. Old Frenchcoster
13. Middle Englishcosten
14. English todaycost

Inherited from Middle English costen (verb), borrowed from Old French coster, from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō, from Proto-Italic *komstaēō. By surface analysis, con- (“together”) + stō (“stand”).

cost · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
6. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
7. Proto-Italic*staējō
8. Proto-Italic*staēō
9. Proto-Italic*komstaēō
10. Latincōnstō
11. Medieval Latincōstō
12. Old Frenchcoster
13. Middle Englishcostendeverb.
14. Middle Englishcost
15. English todaycost

Inherited from Middle English cost (noun), deverbal from costen (“to cost”, verb).

cost · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
6. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
7. Proto-Italic*staējō
8. Proto-Italic*staēō
9. Proto-Italic*komstaēō
10. Latincōnstō
11. Medieval Latincōstō
12. Old Frenchcoster
13. Middle Englishcostendeverb.
14. Middle Englishcost
15. Englishcostde
16. English todaycost

Denominal verb from cost (“amount of money required or used”, noun).

cost · noun⁴

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵéwstus“to enjoy, taste”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kustiz“choice, trial”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kustuz“choice, trial”
4. Old Norse · derived fromkostr“choice, opportunity, chance, condition, state, quality”
5. Old English · inherited fromcost“option, choice, possibility, manner, way, condition”
6. Middle English · inherited fromcost
7. English todaycost

From Middle English cost, from Old English cost (“option, choice, possibility, manner, way, condition”), from Old Norse kostr (“choice, opportunity, chance, condition, state, quality”), from Proto-Germanic *kustuz (“choice, trial”) (or Proto-Germanic *kustiz (“choice, trial”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with Icelandic kostur, German dialectal Kust (“taste, flavour”), Dutch kust (“choice, choosing”), North Frisian kest (“choice, estimation, virtue”), West Frisian kêst (“article of law, statute”), Old English cyst (“free-will, choice, election, the best of anything, the choicest, picked host, moral excellence, virtue, goodness, generosity, munificence”), Latin gustus (“taste”). Doublet of gusto, and related to choose.

cost · noun⁵

1. Latin · derived fromcosta
2. Old French · derived fromcoste
3. Middle English · inherited fromcoste
4. English todaycost

From Middle English coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa. Doublet of coast and cuesta.

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