Where does “c.” come from?
City comes from Latin civitas, derived from Latin caput meaning "head" with the diminutive suffix -culum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-.
c. (English): Abbreviation of circa; Abbreviation of chapter;...
Definitions
- Abbreviation of circa; Abbreviation of chapter;...
Ancestry of “c.”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | capitulum | A head-like object or structure; A chapter,... |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |