Where does “budget” come from?
Budget comes from Middle English bogett, from Old French bougette, from Old French bouge meaning bag, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bulga, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
budget (English): The amount of money or resources earmarked for a...
Definitions
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a...
Ancestry of “budget”, step by step
budget traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English bogett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bogett | — |
| 2 | Old French | bougette | — |
| 3 | Old French | bouge | sack; purse; small bag |
| 4 | Latin | bulga | knapsack, wallet, satchel; wallet, purse; womb |
| 5 | Gaulish | bolgā | bag, sack |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | bolgos | sack, bag; stomach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French bougette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bougette | budget |