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Where does “bulge” come from?

bulge (Middle English) comes from Old Northern French boulge — leather bag.

bulge (Middle English): leather bag; hump

Definitions

  1. leather bag; hump

Ancestry of “bulge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchboulgeleather bag

Words derived from “bulge”

  • bulging
  • bulge
  • bilge
  • bulgy
  • bilgewater
  • forebulge
  • bulger
  • bulginess
  • bulgeless
  • bulgingly
  • bilgy
  • bilgeway
  • cockbulge
  • backbulge
  • pseudobulge
  • manbulge
  • protobulge
  • 舭
Every word from Old Northern French boulge →