Where does “cósta” come from?

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

cósta (Irish): coast; outermost fringe

Definitions

  1. coast; outermost fringe

Ancestry of “cósta”, step by step

cósta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English coste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcoste—
2Old Frenchcostéside
3Latincostātusribbed
4Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
5Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

via Late Latin costula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincostula—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Latin costātus →