urban
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
urb
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
urban
of, in, constituting, or comprising a city or town
adj. 城市的，都市的
Dissection of urban
urban = urb (city) + -an (relating to)
urban = relating to city
Now Repeat my Dissection
urban = relating to city
Important roots for this word:
-an
urb
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
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