Etymograph

English

kotlet

Kotlet comes from Polish kotlet ‘cutlet’, from Middle French costelette ‘little rib’, and ultimately from Latin costa ‘a side, a wall’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcosta‘a side, a wall’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coste‘side’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600costelette‘little rib’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentcôtelette‘cutlet’
  6. Polishmodernkotlet‘cutlet’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcosta‘a side, a wall’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coste‘side’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600costelette‘little rib’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentcôtelette‘cutlet’
  6. Polishmodernkotlet‘cutlet’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin costa ‘a side, a wall’

costa, cuesta, 6 more

through Old French coste ‘side’

cost, coast, 3 more

through Middle French coste

cote, 1 more

through French côtelette ‘cutlet’

cutlet, 1 more

Another origin of kotlet

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcosta‘a side, a wall’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400coste‘rib, side’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600costelette‘little rib’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentcôtelette‘cutlet’
  6. Persianc. 900–presentکتلتkotlet‘cutlet’
  7. Englishtodaykotlet

Today it means

noun A type of Polish meat patty.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin costa / kotlet

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