Where does “budgeable” come from?
budgeable (English) comes from English budge, from French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin bullicare, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
budgeable (English): Capable of being budged or moved
Definitions
- Capable of being budged or moved
Ancestry of “budgeable”, step by step
budgeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English budge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | budge | To move; To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs;... |
| 2 | French | bouger | to move |
| 3 | Old French | bougier | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bullicare | to bubble; seethe; move; stir; present active... |
| 5 | Latin | bulliō | to bubble |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |