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Where does “cosa” come from?

cosa (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish cosa, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

cosa (Spanish): thing

Definitions

  1. thing

Ancestry of “cosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcosathing
2Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
3Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

Words derived from “cosa”

  • coso
  • antiacoso
  • cosilla
  • acosar
  • cosita
  • acosador
  • ciberacoso
  • acoso
  • kos
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