'urban-related' originates from modern English by combining the adjective 'urban' and the past-participial adjective 'related'. 'Urban' ultimately comes from Latin 'urbanus' meaning 'of the city', and 'related' derives from Latin 'relatus' (past participle of 'referre') meaning 'brought back' / 'connected'.

'urban' came into English via Old French 'urbain' from Latin 'urbanus' and appears in Middle English as 'urbane/urban'; 'related' comes from Latin 'relatus' through Old French/Anglo-Norman and Late Latin developments to Middle English 'relaten'/'related', and the compound sense (combining two English adjectives into a hyphenated modifier) is a modern English formation.

Initially, 'urban' meant 'of or pertaining to a city' and 'related' meant 'connected to' (from the idea of being brought or referred), and together they have retained the combined modern meaning 'connected with or pertaining to city life or urban areas'.