Etymology

monocity

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Today it means: A city (especially in the former Soviet Union) in which most of the working population work in the same industry, typically for the same organisation. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  7. Proto-Italic*keiwis
  8. Latinceivis
  9. Latinceivitās
  10. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  11. Old Frenchcitet
  12. Middle Englishcite
  13. Englishcity
  14. English todaymonocity

From mono- + city.

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