Etymology of the English word Kiwanis
the English word
Kiwanisderived from the English word
allegedderived from the English word
allegederived from the English word
aleggenderived from the Latin word
allegare (depute, send as agent, commission)
derived from the Latin word
legare (bequeath, will; entrust)
derived from the Latin word
lex (law; motion, bill; word)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Latin prefix
ad- (to, in addition)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
using the English suffix
-edDate
The earliest known usage of Kiwanis in English dates from the 20th century.
