Today’s word-of-the-day
eliza hl
Published Date
October 3, 2010
The Visual Thesaurus is different from our Visual Glossary, but today it provides the derivation of a relevant word-of-the-day
In the Bag Word of the Day: budget
Most of us today would feel a bit vulnerable carrying around our budget in a leather pouch, but that’s where budget comes from; it’s from the diminutive bougette, from bouge, “leather bag.” The usage developed from England’s Chancellor of the Exchequer who, in presenting his annual statement, was formerly said to open the budget. The word became a verb in the century following its introduction as a noun in this sense (the 15th century).
Check out their entry for ‘budget’ and ours.
