Where does “cidadania” come from?

cidadania (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cidadão, from Old Portuguese cidadão.

cidadania (Portuguese): citizenship; citizenry, i.e. the citizens of a...

Definitions

  1. citizenship; citizenry, i.e. the citizens of a...

Ancestry of “cidadania”, step by step

cidadania traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese cidadão

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecidadãocitizen; individual, person
2Old Portuguesecidadão—

via Galician cidadán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancidadáncitizen

Words derived from “cidadania”

Every word from Old Portuguese cidadão →Every word from Portuguese cidadão →