rurban
‘of or characterized by both rural and urban features’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
rural < O.F. rural < Lat. ruralis ‘of the countryside’ < rus ‘open land, country’ + urban < Lat. urbs ‘city’ < ruh < reue- < Tamil uṟu
rurban
‘of or characterized by both rural and urban features’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
rural < O.F. rural < Lat. ruralis ‘of the countryside’ < rus ‘open land, country’ + urban < Lat. urbs ‘city’ < ruh < reue- < Tamil uṟu
English words derived from Tamil uṟu connoting ‘excess’