ciudad

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Spanish word ciudad comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoy-, and later Proto-Italic *keiwis ((possibly) citizen. Society.)

*ḱoy- (Proto-Indo-European)

*keiwis (Proto-Italic)

(possibly) citizen. Society.

civis (English)

ceivis (Old Latin)

civis (Latin)

Citizen.

cibdad (Old Spanish)

ciudad (Spanish)

City, large town.

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