Where does “many-bodied” come from?
many-bodied (English) comes from English bodied, from English Body, from Middle English bode, from Old English boda, from Proto-Germanic budô, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.
many-bodied (English): Composed of multiple bodies
Definitions
- Composed of multiple bodies
Ancestry of “many-bodied”, step by step
many-bodied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bodied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bodied | Having a specified form of body; Having a bodily... |
| 2 | English | Body | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| 3 | Middle English | bode | messenger |
| 4 | Old English | boda | messenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | budô | messenger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | beudaną | to offer, to bid |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |