Proto-Italic

*keiwis

‘society’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *keiwis.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *keiwis, most familiar first.

• civil ← cyvyl ← cīvīlis ← cīvis ← ceivis
• civic ← cīvicus ← cīvis ← ceivis
• civilisation ← civiliser ← civil ← cīvīlis ← cīvis
• citadel ← citadelle ← cittadella ← città ← cīvitās
• civility ← civilitas ← cīvīlis ← cīvis ← ceivis
• civics ← civicus ← cīvis ← ceivis
• civitas ← ceivitās ← ceivis
• incivility ← incivilité ← incivilitas ← incivilis ← civilis
• civilize ← civiliser ← civil ← cīvīlis ← cīvis
• principate ← prīncipātus ← cīvitās ← ceivitās ← ceivis
• agrocity ← city ← cite ← citet ← civitas
• anticity ← city ← cite ← citet ← civitas

More words from *keiwis

• cityless
• cityhood
• cityside
• cityish
• cityness
• cityite
• cityful
• ecocity
• microcity
• monocity
• subcity
• uncity

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *keiwis