The story
- Latin · derived fromaurum
- Latin · derived fromcosta“side”
- French · borrowed fromCôte d'Or
- 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 →
oraurumaur-aurigraphyaurinauriphrygiateaurivorousdeaurationoriflamme
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.