Origin of Phrases - C
Civilization
The English use of the word came into use sometime around 1772. It's from an old French word, civilisation, which means a sense of civilized condition or state. Civilisation is from the French word civiliser, which in itself comes from the Old French word civil. It's possible that the Old French word is based on the Medieval Latin world civilizare, which meant to consider a criminal action as a civil matter.