Where does “Côte d'Azur” come from?
Côte d'Azur (French) comes from French côte, from Middle French coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
Côte d'Azur (French): the French Riviera
Ancestry of “Côte d'Azur”, step by step
Côte d'Azur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French côte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | côte | rib; hill, slope; coast |
| 2 | Middle French | coste | side; coast |
| 3 | Old French | coste | side; coast; rib |
| 4 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |
via French de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | de | of; from; used attributively, often translated... |
| 2 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
Words derived from “Côte d'Azur”