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costa
Latin · ancient
"a rib, a side"
a rib, a side, extended to mean the edge or side of the land bordering the sea
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coste
Old French · medieval
"the land bordering the sea"
carried into French for the land bordering the sea
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coast
English · 1200s
"the land bordering the sea"
settled as the English word for the land bordering the sea
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