German, Dutch, Czech, etc.: from the personal name Kost,
a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Constantius
or Constantinus (see Constant, Constantine).Polish, Czech, and German (of Slavic origin): from Slavic
kost ‘bone’, ‘knucklebone’, probably a nickname for a thin,
angular person.Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic
occupational name for a grocer, from German Kost ‘provisions’,
‘food’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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