Where does “Agosta” come from?

Agosta (Italian) comes from Hausa Agusta, from English August, from Middle English August, from Old English Agustus, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

Ancestry of “Agosta”, step by step

Agosta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hausa Agusta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HausaAgustaAugust
2EnglishAugustThe eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September
3Middle EnglishAugust—
4Old EnglishAgustus—
5LatinAugustusvenerable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—

via Latin augusta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaugustasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “Agosta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →