Where does “costura” come from?
costura (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin consutura, from Latin cōnsūtus, from Latin cōnsuō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
costura (Spanish): needlework, sewing; seam, stitches; splice
Definitions
- needlework, sewing; seam, stitches; splice
Ancestry of “costura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | consutura | sewing, clothesmaking, the art of sewing |
| 2 | Latin | cōnsūtus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōnsuō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | — |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |