Where does “mégacité” come from?

mégacité (French) comes from French cité, from Middle French cité, from Old French cité, from Latin cīvitās, from Proto-Italic keiwis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

mégacité (French): megacity, megalopolis

Definitions

  1. megacity, megalopolis

Ancestry of “mégacité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcitécity; housing estate; past participle of citer
2Middle Frenchcitécity
3Old Frenchcitécity
4Latincīvitās—
5Proto-Italickeiwissociety; citizen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- →Every word from Proto-Italic keiwis →Every word from Latin cīvitās →