Where does “costola” come from?
costola (Italian) comes from Latin costula, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
costola (Italian): rib
Ancestry of “costola”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | costula | — |
| 2 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |