bode

bode · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*bʰewdʰ-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*budą“message; offer”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bod“command, mandate, order”
4. Old English · inherited frombod“command, edict, order”
5. Middle English · inherited frombod“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”
6. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*bʰewdʰ-“to be awake; to be aware”
7. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*budōną“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”
8. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bodōn“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”
9. Old English · inherited frombodian“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”
10. Middle English · inherited fromboden
11. English todaybode

The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above).

bode · noun, verb²

1. Middle English · inherited frombod“act of bargaining or offering, or the subject of the bargain or offer; promise; proposal”
2. English todaybode

The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“act of bargaining or offering, or the subject of the bargain or offer; promise; proposal”), the same word stated in etymology 1. Doublet of bid. The verb is probably derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch bod * Faroese boð * German Gebot * Icelandic boð * Norwegian Bokmål bud, Norwegian Nynorsk bod * Old Saxon gibod * Swedish bud

bode · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*bʰewdʰ-“to be awake; to be aware”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*budô“messenger”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bodō
4. Old English · inherited fromboda“herald, messenger; prophet”
5. Middle English · inherited frombode“emissary, messenger”
6. English todaybode

From Middle English bode (“emissary, messenger”), from Old English boda (“herald, messenger; prophet”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodō, from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”), from *beudaną (“to bid, offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”) (compare etymology 1). cognates * Dutch bode (“harbinger, messenger”) * German Bote (“messenger”)

bode · noun⁴

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*bʰeydʰ-“to convince; to trust”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bīdaną“to await, wait”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bīdan“to wait”
4. Old English · inherited frombīd“act of abiding; delay”
5. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*baidō
6. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*baidu
7. Old English · inherited frombād“expectation; waiting”
8. Middle English · inherited frombod
9. English todaybode

From Middle English bod, bode, bade, baide; further etymology uncertain, probably: * an aphetic form of abod (“act of waiting, delay”), probably related to Old English bād (“expectation; waiting”), from Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō; and/or * a variant of bide (“act of delaying; a delay”), from Old English bīd (“act of abiding; delay”), related to bīdan (“to remain, stay; to wait”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to await, wait”) (whence modern English abide, bide), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”).

bode · verb⁵

An inflected form of bide.

Bode · proper noun⁶

1. Old Saxon · derived frombodo“messenger”
2. English todayBode

* As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”). * As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above. * As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).

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