costen

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ǵews-“to enjoy, taste”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kustōną“to try, taste”
3. Old English · inherited fromcostian“to tempt, try, prove, examine”
4. Old English · inherited fromcostnian
5. Middle English · inherited fromcostnien
6. English todaycosten

From Middle English costnien, from Old English costnian, subsidiary form of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). More at choose.

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