Where does “budge” come from?
Budge comes from Middle French bougier, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic bolgos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
budge (English): To move; To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs;...
Definitions
- To move; To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs;...
Ancestry of “budge”, step by step
budge traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French bouger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bouger | to move |
| 2 | Old French | bougier | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | bullicare | to bubble; seethe; move; stir; present active... |
| 4 | Latin | bulliō | to bubble |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |