Where does “cuesta” come from?

cuesta (Spanish) comes from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

cuesta (Spanish): slope; cuesta

Definitions

  1. slope; cuesta

Ancestry of “cuesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
2Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

Words derived from “cuesta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →