Quirites

Etymology
From Quirītēs "Roman citizens”.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The citizens of early Rome.

Etymology
. A common proposal is +, which De Vaan (2008) rejects by contrasting the phonetic evolution in , yet doesn't settle on an etymon. Against this, Vine (2016) suggests that the two words could simply stem from periods of different stress, so that different syllables underwent vowel reduction: /kowiˈriː-/ > /kʷiˈriː-/ like 🇨🇬 from.

According to a Roman legend, from the Sabine town,, which would make it a loanword. In Ancient Greek the inhabitants of Cures where named.

Compare 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1)  the inhabitants of the Sabine town, Cures
 * 1)  the inhabitants of the Sabine town, Cures