English
embourgeoise
Embourgeoise comes from French embourgeoiser ‘to become bourgeois’, and goes back to Old French borgeis ‘town-dweller’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400borgeis‘town-dweller’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600bourgois
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbourgeois
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentembourgeoiser‘to become bourgeois’
- Englishtodayembourgeoise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400borgeis‘town-dweller’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600bourgois
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbourgeois
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentembourgeoiser‘to become bourgeois’
- Englishtodayembourgeoise
Linked words
through Late Latin burgensis ‘pertaining to a town or city’
through Middle French bourgois
through French bourgeois
Today it means
verb To make bourgeois; to gentrify.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French borgeis / embourgeoise