1564, "of the Fr. middle class," from Fr., from O.Fr.
burgeis "town dweller" (as distinct from "peasant"), from
borc "town, village," from Frank.
*burg (see
borough). Sense of "socially or aesthetically conventional" is from 1764; in communist and socialist writing, "a capitalist" (1883).
Bourgeoisie (n.) "middle class" is first recorded 1707.
"It is better to be a good ordinary bourgeois than a bad ordinary bohemian." [Aldous Huxley, 1930]