Etymology

nobody

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Today it means: Not any person; the logical negation of somebody. Full definition →

Middle English nobody
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromnobody
  2. English todaynobody

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).

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