Where does “costa” come from?

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

costa (Catalan): coast; slope; rib

Definitions

  1. coast; slope; rib

Ancestry of “costa”, step by step

costa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin costa

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

via Catalan costar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancostarto cost; to be very difficult
2Latincōnstāre—

Words derived from “costa”

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