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Etymology of the Latin word civitas

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-

Derivations in other languages

Albanian qytet, French cite, French cité, Italian cittade, Italian città, Italian civitas, Portuguese cidade, Spanish ciudad



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