ENGLISH ROOT WORD: urb "city." from Latin urbs, urbis, urb

【urb】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "urbs," "urbis," and "urb." It carries the basic meaning of "city."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "urb"]

suburb **[4367] A suburb of a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town but is outside its centre.
suburban **[4496] Suburban means relating to a suburb.
urban ****[1633] Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city.

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[WORD ROOT]root urb
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] urb, urg
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) urbs, urbis, urb
[MEANING]root city

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 urbs (genitive urbis) city, walled town
• 【Latin】 urbis city, walled town
• 【Latin】 urb city

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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suburb ★★[4367] noun from suburb
【DEFINITION】 A suburb of a city or large town is a smaller area which is part of the city or large town but is outside its centre.
【pl.】 suburbs
【ROOTs】 ⑴ sub; below, near to ⑵ urb; city
【Etymology】 《Latin suburbium》 [from sub("below, near")+urbs("city")] an outlying part of a city
【DERIVATIVEs】 suburb, suburban, suburbed

suburban ★★[4496] adjective from suburban 〈 urban
【DEFINITION】 Suburban means relating to a suburb.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ sub; below ⑵ urb; city ⑶ an; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin urbanus》 of or pertaining to a city or city life; in Rome
【DERIVATIVEs】 suburb, suburban, suburbed

urban ★★★★[1633] adjective from urban
【DEFINITION】 Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ urb; city ⑵ an; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin urbanus》 of or pertaining to a city or city life; in Rome
【First Known Meaning】 characteristic of city life, pertaining to cities or towns

Other words containing "urb"; conurbation, exurb, exurban, interurban, inurbane, inurbanity, nonurban, suburbanite, suburbed, urbane, urbanite, urbanity

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

up
uni
und
typ-, type-
two, twi
turb
tun, ton
true
trick
tribute, tribune, tribe

 

 

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