civil
English
/ˈsɪv.əl/
adj
Definitions
- (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
- (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
- (legal) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
- Secular.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English civil borrowed from Old French civil derived from Latin cīvīlis (civil, relating to a citizen, civic, courteous).
Origin
Latin
cīvīlis
Gloss
civil, relating to a citizen, civic, courteous
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-civil English
- civil violation English
- civilise English
- civilish English
- civilizable English
- civilize English
- civilizee English
- civilizer English
- civilly English
- civilness English
- decivilise English
- decivilize English
- incivil English
- incivilly English
- noncivil English
- uncivil English
- uncivilly English
- uncivilness English
- violation English
- siviili Finnish
- civilitas Latin
- civiliter Latin
- cīvis Latin
- cīvīlis Latin
- civiel Dutch, Flemish
- civil French
- civiliser French
- civil Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European
- civil Portuguese
- cível Portuguese
- civil Middle English
- civil Danish
- civil Old French
- civil Catalan, Valencian
- civil Galician
- sifil Welsh
- civil Norman
- civil Middle French
- civil Occitan
- ċivili Maltese
- civil Asturian
- síbíalta Middle Irish
- zibil Basque
- kīwila Hawaiian
- zevil Ladin