myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of suburbium

Etymology of the Latin word suburbium

the Late Latin word suburbium (suburb)

derived from the Latin word urbs (city; City of Rome)

using the Latin prefix sub-

derived from the Late Latin word sub (under)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *upo

French suburbe, Italian suburbio, Portuguese subúrbio, Romanian suburbie, Spanish suburbio

Word found in Late Latin