English

semibourgeois

From semi- + bourgeois.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to be elevated, up high’

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Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘stronghold’

Frankish *burg

Old French burgeis ‘town dweller’

French bourgeois ‘a class of citizens who were wealthier…’

Today it means

adj Somewhat or partially bourgeois.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / semibourgeois