Etymology of the English word urbanize
the English word
urbanizederived from the English word
urbanderived from the Latin word
urbanus (city wit, urbane man; of the city; courteous; witty)
derived from the Latin word
urbs (city; City of Rome)
using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Derivations in English
deurbanizeUsage
Word found in Modern English
