C15: perhaps from Latin coetus assembly, from coīre to come together
cete in American English
(sit)
noun
a number of badgers together
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME, of obscure orig.; perh. var. of ME citecity, a usage suggested by similarity of ME forms for borough and burrow]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dial, gallery, mature, oblique, trunk