Etymology

budge

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Today it means: To move; to be shifted from a fixed position. Full definition →

Middle French bouger ← Old French bougier ← Vulgar Latin *bullicāre
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budge · verb1

  1. Latin · derived frombullīre“to boil; seethe; roil”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*bullicāre“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”
  3. Old French · derived frombougier
  4. Middle French · borrowed frombouger
  5. English todaybudge

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.

budge · noun, adjective2

  1. Latin · derived from*bogea
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frombogé
  3. Middle English · inherited frombouge
  4. English todaybudge

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.

budge · noun3

Perhaps related to booze.

Budge · proper noun4

  1. Norman · derived frombouoche“mouth”
  2. English todayBudge

English (mainly Anglo-Norman) surname, from Norman bouoche (“mouth”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbullīre all →

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