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Where does “costel” come from?
costel (Old French) comes from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
Ancestry of “costel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
costa
a rib; a side, a wall
2
Proto-Indo-European
kost-
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Words derived from “costel”
couteau
coteau
costeau
coteau
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