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Budget

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means an estimate of income and expenditure over a set period
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Stage 1 of 2
bougette
Old French · medieval
"a small bag or pouch"
a small leather bag or pouch, a diminutive of bouge (bag)
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Stage 2 of 2
budget
English · 1400s
"a financial plan for income and spending"
shifted from the bag itself to the contents, then to a financial plan
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