bolgia

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰelǵʰ-“to swell”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*bolgos“sack, bag”
3. Gaulish · derived frombolgā
4. Late Latin · derived frombulga“wallet, purse”
5. Old French · derived frombolge
6. Italian · borrowed frombolgia“ditch, trench”
7. English todaybolgia

Unadapted borrowing from Italian bolgia (“ditch, trench”), from Old French bolge, bouge, from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Doublet of budge and bulge.

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