- citadel
[citadel 词源字典]
- citadel: see city
[citadel etymology, citadel origin, 英语词源] - citadel (n.)
- 1580s, "fortress commanding a city," from Middle French citadelle (15c.), from Italian cittadella, diminutive of Old Italian cittade "city" (Modern Italian citta), from Latin civitatem (nominative civitas; also source of Portuguese citadella, Spanish ciuadela; see city).