Where does “burgadă” come from?

burgadă (Romanian) comes from French bourgade, from Old Occitan borgada, from Old Occitan borc, from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish burg, from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

burgadă (Romanian): a small town

Definitions

  1. a small town

Ancestry of “burgadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbourgadevillage
2Old Occitanborgada—
3Old Occitanborcsettlement, town
4Late Latinburgusfortified town
5Frankishburgfortress; town; fortified city
6Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic burgz →Every word from Frankish burg →
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