English
forebulge
From fore- + bulge.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
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
noun A largely erosional area of higher elevation between the foredeep and the backbulge.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forebulge