Etymology

civics

C3I1V4I1C3S1

Today it means: The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community. Full definition →

Latin civicus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcivicus“having to do with citizens or a town or city”
  2. English todaycivics

From Latin civicus (“having to do with citizens or a town or city”).

Words from the same roots

Latincivicus all →

civic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.