Etymological root
*burgz
Proto-Germanic
Words from this root(5)
burglar
B1
/ˈbɝɡlɚ/
A person who breaks into a building in order to steal.
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bourgeois
C1
/bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
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burgess
C2+
/ˈbɜrdʒɪs/
a citizen or freeman of a borough; a borough's representative in early legislatures
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burgher
C2+
/ˈbɜrɡɚ/
a citizen of a town, especially a prosperous middle-class one
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burrow
C2+
/ˈbɜroʊ/
an animal's underground hole; to dig or nestle into something
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