Etymology

civilize

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Today it means: American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise. Full definition →

French civiliser
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromciviliser
  2. English todaycivilize

Borrowed from French civiliser, corresponding to civil + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.