Etymology

somebody

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Today it means: Some unspecified person. Full definition →

Middle English sum body
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsum body
  2. English todaysomebody

From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.