Somebody
/ˈsʌm.bə.di/noun
An unspecified or unknown person.
Did you know?“Somebody” is a later English compound of “some” + “body,” and in older usage “body” could mean a person or human being, not just a physical corpse.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
sum
“one, a certain, some”
Old English
OE
boda
“messenger, herald”
14th Century
English
som body
“a person; someone”
16th Century
English
somebody
“an important or notable person”
Modern English
English
somebody
“an unspecified or unknown person”