borgeis

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a mix of etyma, borrowed and inherited. The first element, borg, is of Germanic origin:

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.?
Proto-Germanic *burgz
Frankish *burgbor.
Old French borgeis

    Borrowed from Frankish *burg. (descended from Proto-Germanic *burgz). The second element, -eis, is of Romance origin (descended from Latin -ēnsis).

    Pronunciation

    • (archaic) IPA(key): /buɾˈdʒei̯s/
    • (classical) IPA(key): /buɾˈdʒoi̯s/
    • (late) IPA(key): /buɾˈʒo̯es/

    Noun

    borgeis oblique singular, m (oblique plural borgeis, nominative singular borgeis, nominative plural borgeis)

    1. town-dweller; someone who lives in an urban area

    Descendants

    • → Middle Armenian: բուրճէս (burčēs), պուռճէս (puṙčēs)
    • Middle French: bourgois, bourgeois
      • French: bourgeois (see there for further descendants)
    • Walloon: bordjeûs
    • → Middle English: burgeis, burgeys, burges

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