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Where does “costé” come from?

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

costé (Middle French): side

Definitions

  1. side

Ancestry of “costé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcostéside
2Latincostātus—
3Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
4Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

Words derived from “costé”

  • côté
  • kote
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →