Where does “faubourg” come from?

faubourg (French) comes from Old French fors bourg, from Old French fors, from Latin forīs, from Proto-Italic *foris — door.

faubourg (French): suburb

Definitions

  1. suburb

Ancestry of “faubourg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfors bourgsettlement outside the ramparts
2Old Frenchforsoutside; apart from
3Latinforīsdoor
4Proto-Italic*forisdoor

Words derived from “faubourg”

Every word from Proto-Italic *foris →Every word from Latin forīs →Every word from Old French fors →