dost

D2O1S1T1
US, UK/dʌst/Northern England/dʊst/

proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginEnglish do ← Middle English don ← Old English dōn →
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Meanings

dost1

verb

alternative doest · alternative do'st

  1. archaicindicativepresentsecond personsingularsecond-person singular simple present indicative of do

Dost2

proper nounDost (plural Dosts)

plural Dosts

  1. A surname from German.

DOST3

proper noun
  1. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Science and Technology.

Origin

dost · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  5. Proto-Germanic*dōną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*dōn
  7. Old Englishdōn
  8. Middle Englishdon
  9. Englishdo
  10. Englishdost

From do + -st.

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Dost · proper noun

  1. GermanDost“wild thyme”
  2. EnglishDost

Borrowed from German Dost (“wild thyme”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dost

justmustaugusttrustdiscusseddustrobustrustthrustlustcrustunjustgustdisgustdistrustentrustmistrustcussedjoustfussedcombustnonplussedbussedfust
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Sounds the same

dusseddust

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Cite this entry
APA

dost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dost

MLA

“dost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dost.

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