Etymology of the French word citadelle
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 citadelle in French dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
citadel, Romanian
citadelăCognates
Dutch
citadel, English
citadel, German
Zitadelle, Italian
cittadella, Lithuanian
citadele, Norwegian
sitadell, Russian
цитaдeль, Swedish
citadellUsage
Word found in Old French
