English Explanatory Dictionary

Bodo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of an Indian minority ethnic group, early settlers of Assam.
name
  1. The Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo.
name
  1. A possibly extinct Bantu/Lebonya language of the Central African Republic.
name
  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Word forms

Bodo Bodos

Etymology

* As a Hungarian surname, Bodó, from the old name Bod or from a Slavic name meaning "to inspire" (see Buda). * As a Polish and Slovak surname Boďo, from the old Slavic name Ostrobod, from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ (“sharp”) + *bosti (“to sting, stab”). * As a German surname, from the noun Bodo (“messenger”). This is also found in parts of France and Italy. * As a French surname, variant of Bodeau (from Old French boel (“gut, intestine”), from Late Latin botellus) and Thibodeau.

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