Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
bougie
noun · first attested 18th century
The medical instrument is named for an Algerian port that exported wax.
A thin flexible instrument passed into a body passage.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Bejaia
- In English
bougie
Bougie is the French name for Bejaia, a source of wax candles. The candle sense came first, and the surgical instrument took its shape and its name.
Also pinned to Bejaia