Where does “rurbanization” come from?

rurbanization (English) comes from English rurban, from English Urban, from Middle French urbain, from Latin Urbānus, from Latin urbs, from Proto-Italic worβis, from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European werb- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

rurbanization (English): The formation of rurban areas (by urban expansion into the countryside)

Definitions

  1. The formation of rurban areas (by urban expansion into the countryside)

Ancestry of “rurbanization”, step by step

rurbanization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rurban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrurbanOf or pertaining to a location which has both...
2EnglishUrbanAn early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible
3Middle Frenchurbainurban, belonging to a city; also: polite,...
4LatinUrbānusof or belonging to a city; urban
5Latinurbsa city, walled town; the City, Rome
6Proto-Italicworβiscity
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

via English ization

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishization
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European werb-Every word from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-