Where does “bourgeois” come from?
Bourgeois comes from French bourgeois, from Old French burgeis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰrgʰ-, a root relating to fortified settlements or strongholds.
bourgeois (English): Of or relating to the middle class, their...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the middle class, their...
Ancestry of “bourgeois”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | bourgeois | bourgeois; member of the middle class |
| 2 | French | Bourgois | — |
| 3 | French | -ois | Used to form adjectives related to a particular... |
| 4 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 6 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 7 | Latin | colō | — |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “bourgeois”