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Where does “de-bourgeoisify” come from?

de-bourgeoisify (English) comes from English bourgeoisify, from English bourgeois, from French bourgeois, from French Bourgois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum — to turn.

de-bourgeoisify (English): To remove the bourgeois characteristics or...

Definitions

  1. To remove the bourgeois characteristics or...

Ancestry of “de-bourgeoisify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbourgeoisifyTo make bourgeois
2EnglishbourgeoisOf or relating to the middle class, their...
3Frenchbourgeoisbourgeois; member of the middle class
4FrenchBourgois—
5French-oisUsed to form adjectives related to a particular...
6Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
7Latin-ensisOf or from
8Latinarvumfield; farm land
9Latincolō—
10Latinquelō—
11Proto-Italickʷelō—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →