verb/uɾbaniˈθaɾ/
to develop (land for building houses); to urbanize
Etymology tree Latin urbs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin urbānusbor. Spanish urbano Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōlbor. Old Spanish -izar Spanish -izar Spanish urbanizar From urbano + -izar.