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Where does “unbodied” come from?

unbodied (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.

unbodied (English): disembodied; without a body; separated from the...

Definitions

  1. disembodied; without a body; separated from the...

Ancestry of “unbodied”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbodiedHaving a specified form of body; Having a bodily...
2EnglishBody—
3Middle Englishbodemessenger
4Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
5Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
6Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
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