Etymology

incivility

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Today it means: The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner. Full definition →

Middle French incivilité ← Late Latin incivilitas ← Latin incivilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromincivilis“impolite, uncivil”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromincivilitas“incivility”
  3. Middle French · derived fromincivilité
  4. English todayincivility

From Middle French incivilité, from Late Latin incivilitas (“incivility”), from Latin incivilis (“impolite, uncivil”), from in- (privative prefix) + civilis (“belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil”) (from civis (“a citizen”)), equivalent to in- + civility.

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