antibudget

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

English anti-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ-o-s

Proto-Celtic *bolgos

Gaulish bolgābor.

Latin bulgalbor.

Old French bouge

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Latin -ittus

Old French -ete

Old French bougettebor.

Middle English bogett

English budget

English antibudget

From anti- + budget.

Adjective

antibudget (comparative more antibudget, superlative most antibudget)

1. Acting against or opposing a budget.
   • 2009 March 14, Carl Hulse, “G.O.P. Rift on Need for Alternate Budget”, in New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     The effort is being made with more than the usual level of cooperation between House and Senate Republicans, with Republican leaders of the two chambers appearing in tandem and lawmakers repeating their antibudget criticism almost as a mantra.