Where does “multicitizenship” come from?
multicitizenship (English) comes from English citizenship, from English citizen, from Middle English citeseyn, from Anglo-Norman citesain, from Old French citeain, from Old French cité, from Latin cīvitās, from Proto-Italic keiwis — to be lying down; to settle.
multicitizenship (English): multiple citizenship
Definitions
- multiple citizenship
Ancestry of “multicitizenship”, step by step
multicitizenship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English citizenship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | citizenship | The status of being a citizen, in its various... |
| 2 | English | citizen | A resident of a city or town, especially one with... |
| 3 | Middle English | citeseyn | A freeman or burgher: a legally-recognized member... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | citesain | burgher; city-dweller |
| 5 | Old French | citeain | — |
| 6 | Old French | cité | city |
| 7 | Latin | cīvitās | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | keiwis | society; citizen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |