English
Lost City
lost + city * (Atlantic hydrothermal vent field): From having a passing resemblance to a city downtown full of skyscrapers.
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 A hydrothermal vent field on the Atlantis Massif of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the floor of the Atlantic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lost City