Where does “Burgeesin” come from?
Burgeesin (Hunsrik) comes from Hunsrik burgees, from Portuguese burguês, from Old Portuguese burges, from Spanish burgués, from Latin burgensis, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.
Ancestry of “Burgeesin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunsrik | burgees | bourgeois |
| 2 | Portuguese | burguês | bourgeois; philistine; burgher |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | burges | — |
| 4 | Spanish | burgués | bourgeois |
| 5 | Latin | burgensis | A resident of a walled town; A burgess, a burger:... |
| 6 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 7 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 8 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |