Where does “contra costa” come from?
contra costa (Spanish) comes from Spanish costa, from Galician Costa, from Old Portuguese costa, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
Ancestry of “contra costa”, step by step
contra costa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish costa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | costa | coast, shore, coastline, shoreline; expense,... |
| 2 | Galician | Costa | {{m|gl|costa|gloss=slope}}, but also the name of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | costa | — |
| 4 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |
via Spanish contra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | contra | against, versus; con; antidote |
| 2 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 3 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 4 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
Words derived from “contra costa”