CĪVITĀTEM → ciudad · cité · città
The -TĀTEM ending became -dad, -té, -tà, -dade, -tat and -tate, the same as English -ty: ciudad, cité, città, cidade, ciutat and city are one word. Italian chopped it shortest and put the accent on what was left; Romanian cetate kept the ending whole but narrowed the meaning to 'fortress' (a city is oraș, from Hungarian).
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CĪVITĀTEM
‘city (Latin: citizenship, body of citizens)’
Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'citizenship', then the citizens and their town
Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'citizenship', then the citizens and their town
Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'citizenship', then the citizens and their town
Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'citizenship', then the citizens and their town
Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'citizenship', then the citizens and their town
Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'citizenship', then the citizens and their town
The -TĀTEM ending became -dad, -té, -tà, -dade, -tat and -tate, the same as English -ty: ciudad, cité, città, cidade, ciutat and city are one word. Italian chopped it shortest and put the accent on what was left; Romanian cetate kept the ending whole but narrowed the meaning to 'fortress' (a city is oraș, from Hungarian).
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.