Coastal
/ˈkoʊ.stəl/noun
Of or relating to a coast, especially the land beside the sea.
Did you know?Coast comes through Old French and Latin from a word for a body’s side or rib, showing how ancient speakers imagined the land-sea boundary as the planet’s flank.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kost-
“Side, rib”
Latin
Latin
costa
“Rib, side”
Old French
OF
coste
“Side, slope; seashore”
Middle English
ME
coste
“Seashore, coast”
Modern English
English
coast
“The land along the sea; a shoreline”
Modern English
English
coastal
“Relating to a coast”