civitas

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • (classical) citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship
  • (classical) the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively)
  • (classical) a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs (urbs))
  • (classical) city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule.
  • (Medieval Latin) a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cathedral cities
  • (Medieval Latin) a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns
  • (Ecclesiastical Latin) either the Church or Heaven

Etymology

Suffix from Latin cīvis (citizen, burgher, a citizen) root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (lie down, settle, love, home, set in motion, family, beloved, put, store, lie with, be lying down, lie, be familiar, sharpen, camp, be on the move).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱey-

Gloss

lie down, settle, love, home, set in motion, family, beloved, put, store, lie with, be lying down, lie, be familiar, sharpen, camp, be on the move

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Kanji

家, 族

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