Etymology of the English word citizen
the English word
citizenderived from the Anglo-French word
citeseinderived from the Old French word
citeienderived from the Old French word
citederived 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 Anglo-Norman word
citeseinDate
The earliest known usage of citizen in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
citizeness,
citizenry,
citizenship,
netizenUsage
Word found in Modern English
