borgeis

== Old French == === Alternative forms === borjois, burgeis, burgeys, burgois, burgeois, bourgois === Etymology === From a mix of etyma, borrowed and inherited. The first element, borg, is of Germanic origin: 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) 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 English: burgess → Irish: buirgéis Scots: burges → Welsh: bwrdais === Further reading === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (borgeis) “borgeis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012