Talk:burgeon

For the origin: have a look at the verb http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bourgeonner from the noun http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bourgeon in French.
 * Mais bien sûr que l'origine est française. Cela devient patent aussitôt qu'on juxtapose les deux orthographes. Bogorm 18:58, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

bourgeon ?
Webster's Dictionary of 1913 lists bourgeon as the main spelling and burgeon as the alternative one. Is there any particular reason why bourgeon has not yet been created? Would it be appropriate to do so? Bogorm 18:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)


 * It seems fine to me. It merits at least an alt spelling. Is it dated? DCDuring Holiday Greetings! 21:07, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Usage note
No good reason exists to avoid it in this figurative sense, but the word preferably refers to growth at early stages, not to full-blown expansion --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:34, 18 August 2021 (UTC)