Where does “boody” come from?

boody (English) comes from French bouder, from Old French bouder, from Old French bod-, from Proto-Germanic būd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

boody (English): To sulk or mope

Definitions

  1. To sulk or mope

Ancestry of “boody”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouderto sulk, to pout; to frown upon, to be...
2Old Frenchbouderto sulk
3Old Frenchbod-swollen; to swell
4Proto-Germanicbūd-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Old French bod- →Every word from Old French bouder →