purlieu
Significado (Inglés)
- (historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
- The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood; milieu.
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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈpɜːljuː/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English purlewe (“piece of land on the edge of a forest”), modification under the influence of Old French lieu (“place”) of porale, purale (“royal perambulation”), from Old French porale, from poraler (“to traverse”), from por- (“forth”) (from Latin prō- + aler, aller (“to go”).
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