Where does “cityful” come from?

cityful (English) comes from English city, from Middle English cite, from Old French citet, from Latin cīvitās, from Proto-Italic keiwis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

cityful (English): Enough to fill a city

Definitions

  1. Enough to fill a city

Ancestry of “cityful”, step by step

cityful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English city

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcityA large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes...
2Middle Englishcitecity
3Old FrenchcitetAlternative form of cité
4Latincīvitās
5Proto-Italickeiwissociety; citizen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-Every word from Proto-Italic keiwisEvery word from Latin cīvitās