Where does “civilisation” come from?
Civilisation derives from French civilisation, from French civiliser, from French civil, from Latin -atio and Latin -izo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-.
civilisation (English): Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and...
Definitions
- Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and...
Ancestry of “civilisation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | civilisation | civilization |
| 2 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 3 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 4 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |