Etymology of the English word borough
the English word
boroughderived from the Scottish word
formderived from the English word
burgderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhergh-derived from the Scots word
burghderived from the Scots word
boroughderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*burgsDerivations in English
interboroughCognates
Dutch
burcht, German
Burg, Swedish
borgUsage
Word found in Modern English
