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Where does “burgeoneth” come from?

burgeoneth (English) comes from English burgeon, from Middle English burjon, from Anglo-Norman burjun, from Frankish burjo, from Proto-Germanic burjô, from Proto-Germanic beraną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

burgeoneth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “burgeoneth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishburgeonA bud, sprout, shoot; To grow or expand; To swell...
2Middle Englishburjon—
3Anglo-Normanburjun—
4Frankishburjosprout, offshoot, descendant
5Proto-Germanicburjôdescendant, son; sprout, descendant, offshoot
6Proto-Germanicberanąto carry, to bear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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