bode

Meanings

Verb

Noun

Origin

  • 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").
  • Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode.
  • 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").
  • From Middle English bod, abod.
  • Inflected form of bide.

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