English

Jade City

From jade + city.

A compound of jade + city

Latin ilia ‘flank’

Spanish piedra de ijada ‘flank stone’

French le jade

English jade

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

Today it means

name An unincorporated community in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.

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

Etymograph / Jade City