costa

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun
Definitions
  • Meanings related to the literal sense:
  • The side of a height.
  • coast, shoreline
  • welt (of fabric)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin costa (rib, side, edge, wall) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kost-

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