civic
[ siv-ik ]
/ ˈsɪv ɪk /
adjective
of or relating to a city; municipal: civic problems.
of or relating to citizenship; civil: civic duties.
of citizens: civic pride.
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Origin of civic
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civic
/ (ˈsɪvɪk) /
adjective
of or relating to a city, citizens, or citizenshipcivic duties
Word Origin for civic
C16: from Latin cīvicus, from cīvis citizen
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civic
1540s, originally mostly in civic crown (Latin corona civica), a chaplet of oak leaves awarded to one who saved the life of a fellow citizen in battle, from Latin civicus "of a citizen," adjectival derivation of civis "townsman" (see city). Sense of "having to do with citizens" is from 1790.
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