Etymology of the English word civism
the English word
civismderived from the French word
civismederived from the French word
civiquederived from the Latin word
civicus (of one's town, city, fellow-citizens)
derived from the Latin word
civis (fellow citizen; countryman, woman)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kei-Date
The earliest known usage of civism in English dates from the 18th century.
