Where does “burgo” come from?

burgo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese burgo, from Latin burgus, from Frankish burg, from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

burgo (Galician): borough, neighborhood

Definitions

  1. borough, neighborhood

Ancestry of “burgo”, step by step

burgo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese burgo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseburgoborough
2LatinburgusA fort or castle, especially a smaller one; a...
3Frankishburgfortress; town; fortified city
4Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-

via Latin brūchus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrūchusa kind of wingless locust or grasshopper as in
2Ancient GreekβροῦκοςA locust, or its wingless larva
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic burgzEvery word from Frankish burg