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cos.

flint-stone; whetstone, hone, grinding stone; rocks (pl.); any hard stone (L+S);

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkoːs]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔs]
  1. whetstone

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cautēs (“pointed rock”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”).

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