Incost
/ɪnˈkɒst/noun
To cost or entail expense; an obsolete or rare verb.
Did you know?Incost is a rare English formation built from the verb cost with the prefix in-, meaning “to cause or involve,” rather than a mystical term with an independent occult origin.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“To stand or be in a standing position”
Classical Latin
Latin
constāre
“To stand together; to cost or amount to”
Medieval Latin
Latin
costāre
“To cost or require expenditure”
12th–13th Century
Old French
coste / coust
“Cost, expense, or price”
14th Century
Middle English
cost
“Expense or amount required; later also a verb meaning “to require payment””
Late Middle English–Early Modern English
English
incost
“To cost or entail expense; a rare prefixed form”
Modern English
English
incost
“Obsolete or very rare: to cost”