English
bourguignon
Bourguignon comes from French bourguignon ‘Burgundian’, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts ‘high’, and ultimately from *bʰerǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to be elevated, up high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰonts‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t-yṓreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Burgundijô‘a Burgundian’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEBurgundiōas Burgundiōnem
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbourguignon‘Burgundian’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to be elevated, up high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰérǵʰonts‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t-yṓreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Burgundijô‘a Burgundian’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEBurgundiōas Burgundiōnem
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbourguignon‘Burgundian’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013same form
Earliest quotation: 2013, Lisa O'Donnell, The Death of Bees: “[…] he brought it all up in one of…”
The story
An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’
force, comfortable, fort, berry, borough, barrow, burgess, brie, burglar, bourgeois, forcible, brahmin, burgh, burg, brahmana, broch, bergh, borgo, 22 more
Today it means
noun Beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- / bourguignon