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English word origin

Etymology of Costa

From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A surname from the Romance languages. · A surname from Italian. · A surname from Galician. · A surname from French.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionCostapt
  • Borrowed-form mentionCostagl
  • Borrowed-form mentionCostaes
  • Borrowed-form mentionCostaca
  • Borrowed-form mentionCostaoc
  • Borrowed-form mentionCostafr
  • Borrowed-form mentionCostait
  • Derivation mentioncostala · rib; side

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