Quiet London Surburbia, 1665
November 9th, 2008The Bill of Mortality, to all our griefs, is encreased 399 this week, and the encrease generally through the whole City and suburbs, which makes us all sad.
— Pepys
Etymology: Middle English suburbe, from Anglo-French, from Latin suburbium, from sub- near + urbs city
I had no idea.
November 10th, 2008 at 10:43 am
ƒuburbƒ?