Etymology

embody

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Today it means: To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-der.?
  10. Proto-Germanic*budagą
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bodag
  12. Old Englishbodiġ
  13. Middle Englishbodi
  14. Englishbody
  15. English todayembody

From em- + body.

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