Etymology

bung

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Today it means: A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc. Full definition →

Dutch bonge ← French bonde ← Latin punctus
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bung · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived frompunctus
  2. French · derived frombonde
  3. Dutch · derived frombonge
  4. English todaybung

From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”).

bung · adjective2

  1. Yagara · borrowed frombang
  2. Yagara · borrowed frombang
  3. English todaybung

Borrowed from Yagara bang (“dead”).

bung · noun3

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰólǵʰ-os“skin bag, bolster”
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*bolgos“sack, bag, stomach”
  3. Gaulish · derived frombolgā
  4. Late Latin · derived frombulga“wallet, purse”
  5. Old French · derived frombougette
  6. Middle English · derived frombogett
  7. English todaybung

From bouget (“wallet, purse or bag”), from Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”), from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ-os (“skin bag, bolster”), from *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbogett all →

budget

Old Frenchbougette all →

budget

Late Latinbulga all →

budgetbulgebolgia

Gaulishbolgā all →

budgetbolgia

Proto-Celtic*bolgos all →

bulgebolgia

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