Where does “costa” come from?
costa (Spanish) comes from Galician Costa, from Old Portuguese costa, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.
costa (Spanish): coast, shore, coastline, shoreline; expense,...
Definitions
- coast, shore, coastline, shoreline; expense,...
Ancestry of “costa”, step by step
costa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician Costa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | Costa | {{m|gl|costa|gloss=slope}}, but also the name of... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | costa | — |
| 3 | Latin | costa | a rib; a side, a wall |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kost- | — |
via Spanish costar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | costar | to cost; to find something very difficult, to... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | costar | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōnstāre | — |
Words derived from “costa”