urbanise

See also: urbanisé

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der.

Proto-Italic *worβis?

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.?

Latin urbs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin urbānusder.

Middle French urbainbor.

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Latin urbānus

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Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English urban

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ise

English urbanise

From urban + -ise.

Verb

urbanise (third-person singular simple present urbanises, present participle urbanising, simple past and past participle urbanised)

1. Non-Oxford British spelling of urbanize.

Derived terms

• deurbanise

Anagrams

• anburies

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: urbanisent, urbanises

Verb

urbanise

1. inflection of urbaniser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative