burglar
English
/ˈbɜːɡlə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɝɡlɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A person who break breaks in to premises with the intent of committing theft
Etymology
Derived from Latin burglātor derived from Old French burgeor (burglar) derived from Latin burgātor, burgus (city, walled town, borough, town, fort) derived from Frankish *burg (fortified city, town, fortress) derived from Proto-Germanic *burgz (stronghold, city, fortress, borough, fortification, hill-fort, fortified town, town, burg, castle) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerǵʰ-
Gloss
high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiburglar English
- antiburglary English
- burg English
- burglaree English
- burglarious English
- burglariously English
- burglariousness English
- burglarize English
- burglarizer English
- burglarous English
- burglarously English
- burglarproof English
- burglary English
- cat English
- cat burglar English
- cat burglary English
- cat-burglarize English
- Viipuri Finnish
- *burgus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- burgibannus Latin
- burglaria Latin
- burglātor Latin
- burgus Latin
- burgātor Latin
- fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificō Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortis, fortem Latin
- fortitūdō Latin
- latro Latin
- oblatro Latin
- borghese Italian
- borgo Italian
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- -bourg French
- brío Spanish, Castilian
- burgo Spanish, Castilian
- Φρύξ Ancient Greek
- δήκτης Ancient Greek
- πύργος Ancient Greek
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ-, *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰonts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₂t- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *bergaz Proto-Germanic
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- Banna Old English
- burg Old English
- burh Old English
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- buirgléir Irish
- buirgléireacht Irish
- borg Old Norse
- *bergъ Proto-Slavic
- borc Old French
- borgeis Old French
- borjois Old French
- burc Old French
- burgeis Old French
- burgeor Old French
- berg Icelandic
- burg Old High German
- burgāri Old High German
- բառնամ Old Armenian
- burg Albanian
- fort Middle French
- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *burg gmw-pro
- burg Old Dutch
- burgo Old Portuguese
- *Senobrix Proto-Celtic
- *bargīti Proto-Celtic
- *brigantīnos Proto-Celtic
- *brixs Proto-Celtic
- *kaito- Proto-Celtic
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- *lestro- Proto-Celtic
- *talu- Proto-Celtic
- *trāgi- Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸano-, *ɸeno- Proto-Celtic
- *bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- lari Friulian
- *burg Frankish
- borgada Old Occitan
- ܒܘܪܓܐ Classical Syriac
- bôrg Bourguignon
- laro Istriot
- forctis Old Latin
- berz Zazaki
- 𒁓𒂵𒈾 Urartian