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Where does “incivil” come from?

incivil (Spanish) comes from Spanish in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

incivil (Spanish): uncivil; impolite

Definitions

  1. uncivil; impolite

Ancestry of “incivil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishin-not
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →