custos
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A guard, protector, watchman
- A guardian, tutor
- A jailer
- A keeper, custodian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kustots derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (encase, wrap, cover, hide, conceal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kewdʰ-
Gloss
encase, wrap, cover, hide, conceal
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bookhoard English
- dishoard English
- hoard English
- hoarder English
- hoardful English
- hoardsome English
- hoardy English
- larderhoard English
- scatterhoard English
- unhoard English
- uphoard English
- word-hoard English
- kustos Finnish
- κεύθω Ancient Greek
- ἐπικεύθω Ancient Greek
- *(s)kew- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *hudjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hūdijaną Proto-Germanic
- behydan Old English
- forhydan Old English
- hȳdan Old English
- scunian Old English
- hiden Middle English
- hord Middle English
- *koudeti Proto-Celtic
- *kustots Proto-Italic