Proto-Germanic

*burgz

‘stronghold’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *burgz.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *burgz, most familiar first.

• borough ← borwe ← burh ← *burg
• burgess ← burgeis ← burgeis ← burgensis ← burgus
• bourgeois ← burgeis ← *burg
• burglar ← burglātor ← burgus ← *burg
• bourgeoisie ← bourgeois ← bourgois ← borgeis ← burgensis
• burgh ← borwe ← burh ← *burg
• burg ← burgus
• borgo ← burgus ← *burg
• broch ← borg
• burh
• borghetto ← borgo ← burgus ← *burg
• burgessy ← burgeisie ← bourgesie ← burgensis ← *burg

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *burgz