DictionaryRoot: bodig
Old English
bodig
trunk; whole physical structure
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pronoun / noun
nobody
NOH-buh-dee/ˈnəʊbədi/
Not any person.
Etymology
Body extended from a person's physical frame to the person as a whole. Combined with no meaning “not any,” it gives “not any person,” rather than referring merely to an absence of physical bodies.