Where does “बुर्जुआ” come from?
बुर्जुआ (Hindi) comes from English bourgeois, from French bourgeois, from French Bourgois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.
बुर्जुआ (Hindi): bourgeoisie; bourgeois
Ancestry of “बुर्जुआ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | bourgeois | Of or relating to the middle class, their... |
| 2 | French | bourgeois | bourgeois; member of the middle class |
| 3 | French | Bourgois | — |
| 4 | French | -ois | Used to form adjectives related to a particular... |
| 5 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 6 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 7 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 8 | Latin | colō | — |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |