urbanity

The story

1. Latin · derived fromurbānitās
2. Middle French · derived fromurbanité
3. Middle English · inherited fromurbanitie
4. English todayurbanity

From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).