myEtymology.com: English etymology of citizeness

Etymology of the English word citizeness

the English word citizeness

derived from the English word citizen

derived from the Anglo-French word citesein

derived from the Old French word citeien

derived from the Old French word cite

derived 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 citesein

using the English suffix -ess

derived from the French suffix -esse

derived from the Latin suffix -issa