Where does “costeiro” come from?

costeiro (Galician) comes from Galician Costa, from Old Portuguese costa, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

costeiro (Galician): slopy, sloping; purlin; shepherd boy

Definitions

  1. slopy, sloping; purlin; shepherd boy

Ancestry of “costeiro”, step by step

costeiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician Costa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GalicianCosta{{m|gl|costa|gloss=slope}}, but also the name of...
2Old Portuguesecosta—
3Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
4Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

via Undetermined costanario

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Undeterminedcostanario—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Old Portuguese costa →