Esperanto

edit

Etymology

edit

-et- (affix for diminution) +‎ burĝo (bourgeois). When placed before the root -et- refers to the degree of the category to which it belongs rather than the degree of the following root.

Noun

edit

etburĝo (accusative singular etburĝon, plural etburĝoj, accusative plural etburĝojn)

  1. member of the petit bourgeoisie