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Where does “aburguesar” come from?

aburguesar (Spanish) comes from Spanish burgués, from Latin burgensis, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

aburguesar (Spanish): to become bourgeois, to gentrify

Definitions

  1. to become bourgeois, to gentrify

Ancestry of “aburguesar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “aburguesar”

  • aburguesamiento
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