Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian ("announce, foretell"), from Proto-Germanic *budōną ("to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ("to be awake, perceive fully"). See bid.
Noun from Middle English bod, from Old English bod, from Proto-Germanic *budą ("message, offer").
From Middle English bod, from Old English bod ("a bidding"), from Proto-Germanic *budą ("a bidding, offer").
Cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, Icelandic boð, Faroese boð, Norwegian Nynorsk bod, Norwegian Bokmål bud. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot. See bid.
From Middle English bode, from Old English boda ("messenger, forerunner"), from Proto-West Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *budô ("messenger"). Cognate with Dutch bode ("messenger, harbinger"), German Bote ("messenger").