Where does “cetățuică” come from?

cetățuică (Romanian) comes from Romanian cetate, from Late Latin civitas, from Latin cīvis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

Ancestry of “cetățuică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancetatecitadel; fortress
2Late Latincivitas—
3Latincīviscitizen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- →Every word from Latin cīvis →Every word from Late Latin civitas →