Where does “urbano” come from?

urbano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto urbo, from Latin urbs, from Proto-Italic worβis, from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

urbano (Esperanto): city dweller, city slicker

Definitions

  1. city dweller, city slicker

Ancestry of “urbano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantourbocity, town
2Latinurbsa city, walled town; the City, Rome
3Proto-Italicworβiscity
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerbʰ-to enclose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “urbano”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werb- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ- →