English
Old City
old + city * (Indian Ocean vent field): Coined in analogy to Lost City, being an older analog of the Lost City.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
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Proto-Germanic *aldaz ‘grown-up’
Proto-West Germanic *ald
Old English ald ‘old’
Middle English old ‘elderly’
English old
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 neighborhood of Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old City