Nobody
/ˈnoʊˌbɑːdi/noun
No person; not anyone.
Did you know?In Middle English, nobody was first written as two words—no body—before becoming a single noun meaning an actual person who does not exist.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
nā body
“no body; not a person”
Middle English
ME
no body
“a person who does not exist; no one”
15th Century
English
nobody
“a single lexical word meaning no person”
Modern English
English
nobody
“no person; not anyone”