costard
English
/ˈkɒs.təd/
noun
Definitions
- (British) A large cooking apple.
- The tree on which large cooking apples grow.
- (archaic) The human head.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French coste (rib, side, coast).
Origin
Old French
coste
Gloss
rib, side, coast
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肋
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- costermonger English
- costermongeress English
- costermongerish English
- costermongery English
- monger English
- costa Latin
- accoster French
- coste Middle English
- coste Old French
- cost Middle Dutch
- côte Norman
- coste Middle French
- costelette Middle French
- costé Middle French
- kost Middle Low German