From Middle English burgeisie, borgeysye, from Old French bourgesie, borgoisie, from burgeis, from Medieval Latin burgensis, derivative of burgus, from Frankish *burg ("town"), from Proto-Germanic *burgz ("burg, castle, stronghold, town"). More at borough.
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