cuesta
Spanish
[ˈkwe̞s.ta̠]
noun
Definitions
- (geology) slope (acclivity or declivity)
- (geography) cuesta
Etymology
Inherited from Latin costa (rib, side, edge, wall) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kost-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- costa English
- costamere English
- cuesta English
- albicostus Latin
- costa Latin
- costula Latin
- cōnstō Latin
- flavicostus Latin
- fuscicostus Latin
- nigricostus Latin
- pallidicostus Latin
- rubricostus Latin
- Costa Italian
- accostare Italian
- costa Italian
- costeggiare Italian
- costiero Italian
- Côté French
- Cuesta Spanish, Castilian
- *kost- Proto-Indo-European
- kyst Norwegian Bokmål
- costa Portuguese
- da Costa Portuguese
- kuesta Polish
- kyst Norwegian Nynorsk
- *kostь Proto-Slavic
- coste Old French
- Costa Catalan, Valencian
- costa Catalan, Valencian
- Dacosta Galician
- costeiro Galician
- costela Galician
- coastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kost Middle High German
- costa Old Portuguese
- costas Old Portuguese
- coastã Aromanian
- Costa Occitan
- còsta Occitan
- kustilja Maltese
- costa Asturian
- costiella Asturian
- cueste Friulian
- coste xno
- cuasta Dalmatian