Where does “Acosta” come from?

Acosta (Catalan) comes from Catalan costa, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

Ancestry of “Acosta”, step by step

Acosta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan costa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancostacoast; slope; rib
2Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
3Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

via Catalan A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanA—

Words derived from “Acosta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Catalan costa →