Where does “civilise” come from?

civilise (English) comes from English civil, from Middle English cyvyl, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

civilise (English): To educate or enlighten a person or people to a...

Definitions

  1. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a...

Ancestry of “civilise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcivilHaving to do with people and government office as...
2Middle Englishcyvyl—
3Old Frenchcivil—
4Latincīvīlis—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “civilise”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →