English
boulevard
Boulevard comes from French boulevard ‘boulevard, avenue’, and goes back to Middle French boulevard.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600boulevard
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘boulevard, avenue’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600boulevard
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘boulevard, avenue’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’
work, energy, organic, wright, organ, energetic, orgasm, allergy, wrought, liturgy, metallurgy, argon, werk, erg, bulwark, irk, irksome, wark, 22 more
Today it means
noun A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French boulevard / boulevard