Where does “citare” come from?
citare (Latin) comes from Latin ciere, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
Ancestry of “citare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ciere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |