Where does “गोल्ड कोस्ट” come from?
गोल्ड कोस्ट (Hindi) comes from English Gold Coast, from English coast, from Middle English coste, from Old French costé, from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
Ancestry of “गोल्ड कोस्ट”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gold Coast | The region was later incorporated into the eponymous British colony, that later became Ghana |
| 2 | English | coast | The edge of the land where it meets an ocean,... |
| 3 | Middle English | coste | — |
| 4 | Old French | costé | side |
| 5 | Latin | costātus | ribbed |
| 6 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |