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  2. Oct 26, 2022 · burgeon. (v.) early 14c., "grow, sprout, blossom," from Anglo-French burjuner, Old French borjoner "to bud, sprout," from borjon "a bud, shoot, pimple" (Modern French bourgeon ), a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *burrionem (nominative *burrio ), from Late Latin burra "flock of wool," itself of uncertain origin.

  3. OED's earliest evidence for burgeon is from before 1382, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version). It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). burgeon is formed within English, by conversion.

  4. Burgeon arrived in Middle English as burjonen, a borrowing from the Anglo-French verb burjuner, meaning "to bud or sprout." Burgeon is often used figuratively, as when writer Ta-Nehisi Coates used it in his 2008 memoir The Beautiful Struggle: "…

  5. The earliest known use of the noun burgeon is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for burgeon is from before 1340, in the writing of Richard Rolle, hermit and religious author.

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    From Middle English burjon, burioun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon (“a bud”)), from Old Frankish *burjo (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to raise up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Old High G...

    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/
    (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/
    Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən

    burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons, present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle burgeoned) 1. (intransitive) To grow or expand. 1.1. Gradually, the town burgeonedinto a thriving city. 1.2. Synonyms: blossom, expand, grow, sprout 2. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting. 3. (intransitive, archaic) Of...

  6. Word Origin Middle English: from Old French bourgeonner ‘put out buds’, from borjon ‘bud’, based on late Latin burra ‘wool’.

  7. BURGEON meaning: 1. to develop or grow quickly: 2. to develop or grow quickly: 3. to develop or grow quickly: . Learn more.

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