Etymology

Côte d'Or

Today it means: A département (equivalent of a county) in France’s eastern region Bourgogne (Burgundy) Full definition →

French Côte d'Or ← Latin costa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromaurum
  2. Latin · derived fromcosta“side”
  3. French · borrowed fromCôte d'Or
  4. English todayCôte d'Or

From French Côte d'Or, from côte (“coast”) (from Latin costa (“side”)) + contracted form of de (“of”) + or (“gold”) (from Latin aurum).

Words from the same roots

Latincosta all →

costcoastcostacotecoastercostalcutletcoteauDacostacottiseda Costa

Latinaurum all →

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