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Where does “embourgeoisement” come from?

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

embourgeoisement (English): The process of adopting or the condition of...

Definitions

  1. The process of adopting or the condition of...

Ancestry of “embourgeoisement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchembourgeoisementbourgeoisification; embourgeoisement;...
2Frenchembourgeoiserto become bourgeois; to gentrify
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- →