## Meanings
1. Polite and reasonable, even when you disagree with someone.
2. Relating to ordinary citizens and everyday government, rather than the military or the church.
3. Relating to the rights and affairs of citizens within a country.

## Examples
- They managed to stay civil during the argument.
- She decided to enter the civil service to help people.
- The march was part of the fight for civil rights.

## Derived Forms
- civilian
- civilise
- civilish
- civilist
- civility
- civilize
- civilly
- civilness
- civilogue
- overcivil
- ultracivil
- uncivil

## Related Forms
- civic
- civilization

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cyvyl
- Root: civil
- Root: cīvīlis

## Etymology
From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird. (polite): Compare typologically urbane (<< Latin urbs), courteous (akin to court).

## AI Etymology
civil is an adjective. It is from Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird. (polite): Compare typologically urbane (<< Latin urbs), courteous (akin to court). Historical forms in the chain include cyvyl (Middle English), civil (Old French), and cīvīlis (Latin). Current senses include polite and reasonable, even when you disagree with someone, relating to ordinary citizens and everyday government, rather than the military or the church, and relating to the rights and affairs of citizens within a country. Derived forms include civilian, civilise, civilish, civilist, and civility. Related words include civic and civilization.

## Topics
- Social Issues & Human Rights

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