Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cost-wise

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: cost--wise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In terms of cost, in terms of pricing.

Etymology

Etymology tree English cost Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English cost-wise From cost + -wise.

Inflected Forms

more cost-wise (comparative) most cost-wise (superlative) cost wise (alternative) costwise (alternative)

Questions

What does cost-wise mean?: In terms of cost, in terms of pricing.
Where does cost-wise come from?: Etymology tree English cost Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English cost-wise From cost + -wise.

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