Where does “precitat” come from?

precitat (Romanian) comes from French précité, 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.

precitat (Romanian): above-mentioned

Definitions

  1. above-mentioned

Ancestry of “precitat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprécitéabove-mentioned
2Frenchcitécity; housing estate; past participle of citer
3Middle Frenchcitécity
4Old Frenchcitécity
5Latincīvitās—
6Proto-Italickeiwissociety; citizen
7Proto-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 →