Etymology

costus

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Today it means: A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae). Full definition →

Latin costus ← Ancient Greek κόστος ← Sanskrit कुष्ठ
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromकुष्ठ
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόστος
  3. Latin · learned borrowing fromcostus
  4. English todaycostus

Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Words from the same roots

Latincostus all →

alecost

Ancient Greekκόστος all →

costmary

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