kost.
food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
Meaning & usage
food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
diet (food a person or animal consumes, habitual consumption)
board (regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse kostr, from Middle Low German kost, koste, German Kosten, borrowed from Medieval Latin costa, which is derived from the verb constare.
broom, besom
brush
Where this word comes from
From Swedish kvast, from Old Norse *kvǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz. Doublet of kvast ("tassel"), related to German Quaste (“tassel”), and Dutch kwast.
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