Where does “uncivility” come from?
uncivility (English) comes from English civility, from Latin civilitas, 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.
uncivility (English): incivility; rudeness
Definitions
- incivility; rudeness
Ancestry of “uncivility”, step by step
uncivility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English civility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | civility | Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil... |
| 2 | Latin | civilitas | politics, the art/practice of government;... |
| 3 | Latin | cīvīlis | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |