abode

Meanings

Noun

• Act of waiting; delay.
• Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
• A residence, dwelling or habitation.
• An omen; a foretelling.

Verb

• Past of abide
• To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
• To be ominous.

Origin

• From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English ābād, first person past singular indicative of ābīdan; see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid. For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
• From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden ("to announce"), from Old English ābēodan ("to command, proclaim"), from a- + bēodan. Superficial analysis is a- + bode.