Bod
/bɒd/noun
An informal word meaning a person’s body or, by extension, a person.
Did you know?The older word body comes from Old English bodig, but its ultimate Germanic origin remains uncertain, making its earliest linguistic ancestry genuinely unresolved.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*budagaz
“A reconstructed form associated with the body or physical substance; its deeper origin is uncertain.”
Old English
Old English
bodig
“The physical body or trunk of a person or animal.”
Middle English
Middle English
bodi
“The human or animal body; physical form.”
15th–16th Century
English
body
“The physical structure of a person or animal, later also a main or organized part.”
20th Century
English
bod
“An informal shortening of body, meaning a person or someone’s physique.”