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Where does “ethnoburb” come from?

ethnoburb (English) comes from English burb, from English suburb, from Old French suburbe, from Latin suburbium, from Latin urbs, from Proto-Italic worβis, from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European werb- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

ethnoburb (English): A suburban residential and business area with a...

Definitions

  1. A suburban residential and business area with a...

Ancestry of “ethnoburb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishburbA suburb
2EnglishsuburbA residential area located on the outskirts of a...
3Old Frenchsuburbe—
4Latinsuburbiumsuburb
5Latinurbsa city, walled town; the City, Rome
6Proto-Italicworβis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerbʰ-to enclose
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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