English

Body

A surname transferred from the nickname.

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    Origin

    * As an English surname, from Middle English body, probably a nickname for a corpulent person; and occupational surname from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + -y (diminutive ending). Equivalent to bode (“messenger, herald”) + -y.

    * As a French surname, variant of Bodin.

    * As a Hungarian surname Bódy, variant of Bódi, Bodi.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishbody
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbode “emissary, messenger”
        • inheritedOld Englishboda “herald, messenger; prophet”
          • inheritedProto-West Germanic*bodō
        • borrowedGermanBodmann
    • surface analysisEnglishbode “Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.”
    • suffixEnglish-y “Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving…”
      • inheritedMiddle English-y
        • derivedMiddle English-ie
        • inheritedOld English-iġ
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*-ōn

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