Cost
/kɒst/noun
The amount paid or required for something; the price or expense.
Did you know?The word comes through Old French from Latin *constare*, literally “to stand firm,” because a price was what something was “fixed at” or “made to stand at.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“to stand, set, make firm”
Latin
Latin
constāre
“to stand firm, be fixed, be settled”
Old French
Old French
coste
“cost, expense, price”
Middle English
English
cost
“price, expense, outlay”
Modern English
English
cost
“the amount required for something”
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