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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

citybound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
city-bound
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Moving towards a city.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der. Proto-Italic *keiwis Latin ceivis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ceivitās Late Latin cīvitātem (city) Old French citetbor. Middle English cite English city Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búinnbor. Middle English bownde English bound English -bound English citybound From city + -bound.

Questions

What does citybound mean?
Moving towards a city.
Where does citybound come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der. Proto-Italic *keiwis Latin ceivis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ceivitās Late Latin cīvitātem (city) Old French citetbor. Middle English cite English city Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búinnbor. Middle English bownde English bound English -bound English citybound From city + -bound.

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