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English word origin

Etymology of urbs

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbsbor. English urbs Borrowed from Latin urbs.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A walled city in Ancient Rome.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbsbor. English urbs Borrowed from Latin urbs.

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