Frankish

*burg

‘fortress’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Frankish *burg.

4 English words in this record descend from Frankish *burg, most familiar first.

• bourgeois ← burgeis
• burglar ← burglātor ← burgus
• burg ← burgus
• burgessy ← burgeisie ← bourgesie ← burgensis

Etymograph / Frankish *burg