urb- root words — words with the urb- root

The root urb- comes from Latin urbs, meaning city. 15 words in Dendril are built from it, including urban, suburb, suburban, suburbs, urbane, suburbia, conurbation, interurban, suburbanite, suburbanites, urbanity, urbanization. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the urb- root

Explore words with urb- — words containing the urb- root and sharing its sense of "city". Examples include urban, suburb, suburban, suburbs, urbane, suburbia, conurbation, interurban, suburbanite, suburbanites, urbanity, urbanization. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The urb- root means city, from Latin urbs. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.