Etymology

From Old French citeien ‎(“citizen”), from citet, cité ‎(“city”), from Latin cīvitās ‎(“citizenship, community of citizens”), from cīvis ‎(“townsman, citizen”), from Proto-Italic *keiwis ‎(“society”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‎(“to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved”).