Where does “urbo” come from?

urbo (Esperanto) comes 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.

urbo (Esperanto): city, town

Definitions

  1. city, town

Ancestry of “urbo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “urbo”

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