Where does “ciutadania” come from?

ciutadania (Catalan) comes from Catalan ciutadà, from Catalan ciutat, from Catalan -à, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ciutadania (Catalan): citizenship

Definitions

  1. citizenship

Ancestry of “ciutadania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanciutadàcitizen
2Catalanciutatcity
3Catalan-à-an; -ane
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Catalan -à →