Urbic
/ˈɜːrbɪk/noun
Relating to a city or cities.
Did you know?Its root is Latin urbs, “city,” the same sacred-political word behind Roman ideas of civilization, so “urbic” carries the old force of the city as a center of power and order.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁r̥tḱos?
“Uncertain prehistory; the ultimate origin is debated, but the Latin city-word is firmly established in historical Latin.”
Latin
Latin
urbs
“city, especially a major city or Rome itself”
Late Latin
Latin
urbicus
“of a city, urban”
Middle English
English
urbike / urbik
“rare learned form meaning city-related”
Modern English
English
urbic
“relating to a city or cities”
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