English word origin

Etymology of budge

Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

verb

To move; to be shifted from a fixed position. · To move; to shift from a fixed position. · To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs. · To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Root classification mention*bew-ine-pro
Root classification mention*bʰel-ine-pro
Borrowed-form mentionbougerfrm
Derivation mentionbougierfro
Derivation mentionbulliola · to boil; seethe; roil

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.

adj

austere or stiff, like scholastics

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English bouge, bougie, bugee, from Anglo-Norman bogé, from Anglo-Latin *bogea, bulgia, related to Latin bulga (“a leathern bag or knapsack”). Doublet of bulge.

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Cognate mentionbulgala · a leathern bag or knapsack
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗

noun

Alcoholic drink.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Perhaps related to booze.

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