congustus

Latin

Adjective

congustus (feminine congusta, neuter congustum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. Alternative form of coangustus (“narrow”) (documented from the third to the ninth century CE)

Derived terms

• congustia

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Catalan: congost (“mountain pass”)
  • ⇒ Occitan: Congost (various toponyms)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese: congosta (“long narrow street”), congostra
    • Galician: congostra (“sunken lane”), congosta
    • Portuguese: congosta
  • Old Spanish: congosto (attested in two documents dating to 912 and 1143)
    • ⇒ Spanish: Puente del Congosto (toponym)