The story
- German · borrowed fromBodmann
- Middle English · derived frombode“messenger”
- English todayBodman
Two possible origins: * English occupational surname for a messenger, from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + man (“man”). * Americanized spelling of German Bodmann, itself a variant of Bodemann.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishbode all →
bodybode
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.