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cite

/ˈsaɪt/SYT
/ˈsaɪt/SYT

Meaningto summon

Common meaning: to quote as evidence

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KI‘excite, stir, rouse, sharpen’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 70, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latincitō; cieō‘to set in motion, rouse’
  3. Frenchciter
  4. Englishcite‘to quote as evidence’ · today

cit also in: citationexciteincitereciterecital

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin citō; cieō ‘to set in motion, rouse; to summon’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry citō, p. 345 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

citationexciteinciterecitalrecite

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