Etymology

cityite

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Today it means: A person who lives in a city Full definition →

English city ← Middle English cite ← Old French citet
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  2. Proto-Italic*keiwis
  3. Latinceivis
  4. Latinceivitās
  5. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  6. Old Frenchcitet
  7. Middle Englishcite
  8. Englishcity
  9. English todaycityite

From city + -ite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.