Etymology of the French word cité
the Old French word
citéderived 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 cité in French dates from the 10th century.
Derivations in French
citoyenDerivations in other languages
English
cityCognates
Catalan
ciutat, Dutch
city, German
City, Italian
città, Portuguese
cidade, Spanish
ciudad, Swedish
cityUsage
Word found in Old French
