The story
- Latin · derived fromcīvitās
- Italian · derived fromcittadella
- French · borrowed fromcitadelle
- English todaycitadel
From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.
Words from the same roots
Latincīvitās all →
citizencivitas
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.