Etymology

cityscape

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Today it means: The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape. Full definition →

English landscapebf. ← 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. Englishlandscapebf.
  10. English todaycityscape

From city + -scape.

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