Etymology

bodybuilder

bo·dy·build·er
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Today it means: A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding. Full definition →

English builder ← Middle English bildere ← Old English bytlan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*budagą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bodag
  4. Old Englishbodiġ
  5. Middle Englishbodi
  6. Englishbody
  7. Proto-West Germanic*buþlijan
  8. Old Englishbytlan
  9. Middle Englishbilden
  10. Middle Englishbildere
  11. Englishbuilder
  12. English todaybodybuilder

From body + builder.

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