Etymology · Proto-Celtic
*bolgos
3 English words descend from Proto-Celtic *bolgos, most common first.
- bulgeAn object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
- bungA 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.
- bolgiaAny of the divisions of the eighth circle of Hell, Malebolge, in Dante's Divine Comedy.