burc

See also: burç and bürc

Old French

Alternative forms

burg, borc, bourg, bourc

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz, cognate with Modern English borough and burg. Probably from Frankish, or through a Late Latin intermediate burgus.

Noun

burc m (oblique plural burs, nominative singular burs, nominative plural burc)

town or city

Descendants

Middle French: bourg, bourc
- French: bourg
Norman: bourg

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