Cityscape
/ˈsɪt.i.skeɪp/noun
A view or image of a city, especially one seen as a whole.
Did you know?Cityscape is a modern blend, and its second half comes from the same ancient root that gave us “landscape,” originally a word for a shaped stretch of land rather than a mere pretty view.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
cīte
“A town or settlement”
Middle English
ME
cite
“A town or city”
Old English
OE
scēap
“Shape, form, creation”
Middle English
ME
scape
“A view or scene; later a suffix meaning a kind of view”
19th Century
English
cityscape
“A view of a city”