Where does “cetate” come from?

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

cetate (Romanian): citadel; fortress

Definitions

  1. citadel; fortress

Ancestry of “cetate”, step by step

cetate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin civitas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincivitas—
2Latincīviscitizen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via Latin civitatis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincivitatisgenitive singular of cīvitās

Words derived from “cetate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- →