myEtymology.com: English etymology of citizenship

Etymology of the English word citizenship

the English word citizenship

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 -ship

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-skapaz