Where does “cotă” come from?
cotă (Romanian) comes from French Côte, from Middle French costé, from Old French costé, from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
cotă (Romanian): quota
Definitions
- quota
Ancestry of “cotă”, step by step
cotă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French Côte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Côte | — |
| 2 | Middle French | costé | side |
| 3 | Old French | costé | side |
| 4 | Latin | costātus | ribbed |
| 5 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |
via French coter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coter | to quote, list; to quote the market price of; to... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quotare | to distinguish by numbers, number chapters |
via Bulgarian Коца
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | Коца | — |