名詞 purlieu:

1. an outer adjacent area of any place
   同義詞：environs

pur.lieu

n.（名詞）
An outlying or neighboring area.
邊緣地區(qū)或鄰近地區(qū)
purlieus Outskirts; the environs.
purlieus 外圍地區(qū)；郊區(qū)
A place that one frequents.
某人常去的地方

來(lái)源：
Middle English purlewe [piece of land on the edge of a forest]
中古英語(yǔ) purlewe [森林邊緣的土地]
probably alteration influenced by Old French lieu [place]
可能為 受 古法語(yǔ) lieu的影響 [地方]
of porale, purale [royal perambulation]
porale的變化, purale [皇家林苑巡視區(qū)]
from Old French porale
源自 古法語(yǔ) porale
from poraler [to traverse]
源自 poraler [橫越]
por- [forth] from Latin prô- * see pro-
por- [向前方] 源自 拉丁語(yǔ) prô- *參見 pro-
aler, aller [to go] * see alley
aler, aller [去] *參見 alley