Where does “kot” come from?

kot (Mauritian Creole) comes from French Côte, from Middle French costé, from Old French costé, from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

kot (Mauritian Creole): where

Definitions

  1. where

Ancestry of “kot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCôte—
2Middle Frenchcostéside
3Old Frenchcostéside
4Latincostātusribbed
5Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
6Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Latin costātus →