English
embourgeoisement
Embourgeoisement comes from French embourgeoisement ‘bourgeoisification’, 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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentembourgeoisement‘bourgeoisification’
- Englishearliest quotation 1972same form
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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentembourgeoisement‘bourgeoisification’
- Englishearliest quotation 1972same form
Earliest quotation: 1972, : American Sociological Association, Contemporary Sociology: “Yet, in a fashion similar to the “Affluent Worker”,…”
Linked words
through Late Latin burgensis ‘pertaining to a town or city’
through Middle French bourgois
through French bourgeois
Today it means
noun The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French borgeis / embourgeoisement