Where does “Côte d'Azur” come from?

Côte d'Azur (English) comes from French Côte d'Azur, from French côte, from Middle French coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

Côte d'Azur (English): The warning track at the bottom of a velodrome, a non-racing surface representing the base of the banked oval course

Definitions

  1. The warning track at the bottom of a velodrome, a non-racing surface representing the base of the banked oval course

Ancestry of “Côte d'Azur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCôte d'Azurthe French Riviera
2Frenchcôterib; hill, slope; coast
3Middle Frenchcosteside; coast
4Old Frenchcosteside; coast; rib
5Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
6Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Old French coste →