Spanish word acostar comes from Proto-Indo-European *kost-, and later Latin costa ((anatomy) a rib. A side, a wall.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*kost- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
costa | Latin (lat) | (anatomy) a rib. A side, a wall. |
costa | Spanish (es) | Coast, shore. Expense, costs in certain expressions. |
acostar | Spanish (es) | (nautical) to land, put in, berth. (transitive) to lay. (transitive) to put to bed. |