Etymology of the English word borage
the English word
boragederived from the Old French word
bouragederived from the Arabic word
abuDate
The earliest known usage of borage in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
English
purse, French
bourrache, French
bourse, French
Bourse, German
Borretsch, Italian
borsa, Norwegian
bors, Provençal
borsa, Spanish
bolsa, Swedish
börsUsage
Word found in Modern English
