Etymology

busybody

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Today it means: Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome. Full definition →

English body ← Middle English bodi ← Old English bodiġ
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The story

  1. Englishbusy
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*budagą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bodag
  5. Old Englishbodiġ
  6. Middle Englishbodi
  7. Englishbody
  8. English todaybusybody

From busy + body.

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