English

left coast

From left + coast; from the reputation of the West Coast as politically left-wing and its location.

A compound of left + coast

Proto-Germanic *luft-

Old English left ‘weak, clumsy, foolish’

Middle English left

English left

Latin costa ‘rib; side, wall’

Old French coste ‘rib; side; coast’

Middle English coste ‘rib; side of the body’

English coast

Today it means

name The West Coast of the United States.

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

Etymograph / left coast