Etymograph

English

Orban

Orban comes from Hungarian Orbán, and goes back to Latin urbs ‘city’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEurbs‘city’next step skipped: Latin urbānus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEUrbānus
  3. HungarianmodernOrbán
  4. EnglishtodayOrban

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEurbs‘city’next step skipped: Latin urbānus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEUrbānus
  3. HungarianmodernOrbán
  4. EnglishtodayOrban

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- ‘to enclose’

verbena, 2 more

through Latin urbs ‘city’

suburban, 5 more

through Latin Urbānus

urban, 2 more

Today it means

name A Hungarian ethnic surname from Hungarian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin urbs / Orban

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