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Where does “burguês” come from?

burguês (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese burges, from Spanish burgués, from Latin burgensis, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

burguês (Portuguese): bourgeois; philistine; burgher

Definitions

  1. bourgeois; philistine; burgher

Ancestry of “burguês”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseburges—
2Spanishburguésbourgeois
3LatinburgensisA resident of a walled town; A burgess, a burger:...
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolō—
7Latinquelō—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “burguês”

  • antiburguês
  • aburguesar
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