Etymology of the English word citadel
the English word
citadelderived from the Old French word
citadellederived from the Old Italian word
cittadelladerived from the Italian word
cittàderived from the Latin word
civitas (community, city, town)
derived from the Latin word
civis (fellow citizen; countryman, woman)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kei-derived from the Italian word
cittadederived from the Latin word
civitas (community, city, town)
derived from the Latin word
civis (fellow citizen; countryman, woman)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kei-derived from the Latin word
civitatioderived from the Latin word
civis (fellow citizen; countryman, woman)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kei-Date
The earliest known usage of citadel in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
citadel, French
citadelle, German
Zitadelle, Italian
cittadella, Lithuanian
citadele, Norwegian
sitadell, Russian
цитaдeль, Swedish
citadellUsage
Word found in Modern English
