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Where does “borghese” come from?

borghese (Italian) comes from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish burg, from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

borghese (Italian): middle-class, bourgeois; civilian; middle-class...

Definitions

  1. middle-class, bourgeois; civilian; middle-class...

Ancestry of “borghese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinburgusfortified town
2Frankishburgfortress; town; fortified city
3Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-—

Words derived from “borghese”

  • borghesuccio
  • borghesia
  • antiborghese
  • neoborghesia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ- →