Etymology

bulgy

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Today it means: Having one or more bulges; bulging Full definition →

English bulge ← Middle English bulge ← Old Northern French boulge
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰelǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰólǵʰ-o-s
  3. Proto-Celtic*bolgos
  4. Gaulishbolgā
  5. Latinbulga
  6. Old Northern Frenchboulge
  7. Middle Englishbulge
  8. Englishbulge
  9. English todaybulgy

From bulge + -y.

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