Where does “bode” come from?

bode (Middle English) comes from Old English boda, from Proto-Germanic budô, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

bode (Middle English): messenger

Definitions

  1. messenger

Ancestry of “bode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
2Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
3Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

Words derived from “bode”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →