English

Hanseatic city

Hanseatic city comes from German Hansestadt.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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Made of the words Hanseatic + city

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómsōd ‘union, gathering’

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Proto-West Germanic *hansu ‘crowd, company’

Old High German hansa ‘troop, company’

Medieval Latin hansa ‘a Hanse’

Medieval Latin hanseaticus ‘of or concerning a Hanse’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to settle, be lying down’

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Latin cīvis ‘citizen’

Latin cīvitās ‘citizenship; the state, citizens’

Old French citet ‘city’

Middle English cite ‘a city’

English city

Every English word from German Hansestadt

noun A member city of the Hanseatic League.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.