cos

Concepts

whetstone

Translations

Abziehstein

Schleifstein

Wetzstein

ακόνι

σμιρίλιο

meule

queux

🧑‍🍳

cote

piedra de afilar

bileği taşı

özendirme

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkoːs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cautēs (“pointed rock”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”).