Bordeaux

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Proto-Celtic *bitus? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxs? Gaulish Biturīgesder. Latin Burdigala Old Occitan Bordel Occitan Bordèubor. Middle French Bordeaulx French Bordeauxbor. English Bordeaux Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

1. The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
2. A surname from French.

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”).

   “Twelve fungicides; bordeaux mixture, strong, weak and with soap, bordeaux powder, modified eau celeste and ammoniacal copper carbonate, alone and with soap. As between the stronger and weaker bordeauxs an intermediate was [considered].”

   “The bordeauxs seem to have been the most efficient fungicides, with the proprietary lime-sulfur mixtures a close second.”