Where does “coastwide” come from?
coastwide (English) comes from English coast, from Middle English coste, from Old French costé, from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
coastwide (English): Along an entire coast
Definitions
- Along an entire coast
Ancestry of “coastwide”, step by step
coastwide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coast | The edge of the land where it meets an ocean,... |
| 2 | Middle English | coste | — |
| 3 | Old French | costé | side |
| 4 | Latin | costātus | ribbed |
| 5 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |