Where does “palaeocoast” come from?

palaeocoast (English) comes from English coast, from Middle English coste, from Old French costé, from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

palaeocoast (English): A prehistoric coast

Definitions

  1. A prehistoric coast

Ancestry of “palaeocoast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoastThe edge of the land where it meets an ocean,...
2Middle Englishcoste—
3Old Frenchcostéside
4Latincostātusribbed
5Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
6Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Latin costātus →
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