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urbanity

Meaningrefinement

Common meaning: polished and courteous behaviour

Journey through time

  1. Latinurbanitas‘refinement’source
  2. Frenchurbanité‘urbanity, civility’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsrefinement → polished and courteous behavioururbanity‘polished and courteous behaviour’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin urbanitas ‘refinement’.

Roots

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