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- Latin · derived fromcon-“together”
- English todayconurbation
From Latin con- (“together”) + urbs (“city”) + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist, sociologist, and geographer Patrick Geddes in 1915.
Words from the same roots
Latincon- all →
comfortcontemporarycollaborationcombineconquerconstellationconvoyconcentricconnotationcondescendconsiliencecoevalaccoutercon-condoleconsilientconstultcontourné
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.