Cost

Morpheme

Cost

Type

bound base

Denotation

rib, side, wall

Etymology

Latin costa

Evidence

accost, antecostal, basicosta, chondrocostal, costa, costae, costal, costalgia, costally, costapalmate, costas, costiferous, costiform, costovertebral, extracostal, hypocostal, iliocostal, infracostal, intercostal, intracostal, midcostal, paracostal, pericostal, phrenicocostal, phrenocostal, postcostal, precostal, retrocostal, sacrocostal, scapulocostal, spondylocostal, sternocostal, subcosta, subcostal, supracostal, vertebrocostal, xiphocostal

Notes

costa and coast are doublets
homophone of (<co- + St>)

See Also

Coast

Homographs

Cost