Etymograph

English

abulge

From a- + bulge.

Formed from a- + bulge

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‘to swell’

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Gaulish bolgā

Latin bulga ‘leather sack’

Old Northern French boulge ‘leather bag’

Middle English bulge ‘leather bag’

English bulge

Today it means

adj Bulging.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abulge