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kosti.

to cost

5 characters2 syllables approx.Esperanto language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkosti/
  1. to cost

    ambitransitive
    Mi ne havas sufiĉan monon por la komputilo, do mi devos serĉi unu kiu malpli kostas.
    Tiuj libroj kostas po 100 eŭrojn.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Italic *komstaēō Latin constō Italian costarebor. ▲ Latin cōnstō Medieval Latin cōstō Old French costerbor. Middle High German kosten German kostenbor. ▲ Old French costerbor. Middle English costen English costbor. Esperanto kosti Borrowed from Italian costare, German kosten, and/or English cost, all ultimately from Latin cōnstāre.

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