Bodo

See also: bodo, bōdo, bōdō, Bodø, and Boďo

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Bodo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bodonidae – certain flagellate protozoans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Protozoa – kingdom; Eozoa – subkingdom; Euglenozoa – infrakingdom; Euglenozoa – phylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Bodonina - order; Bodonidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): family - type species; for other species see Bodo at AlgaeBase.

References

• Bodo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bodo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bodo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bodo at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Bodo at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Bodo at World Register of Marine Species
• Bodo at AlgaeBase

English

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Bodo people

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Bodo language

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Etymology 1

Noun

Bodo (plural Bodos or Bodo)

1. One of an Indian minority ethnic group, early settlers of Assam.

Proper noun

Bodo

1. The Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo.

Translations

people

language

Assamese: বড়ো ভাষা (borü bhaxa) Bengali: বোড়ো ভাষা (bōṛō bhaśa) Hindi: बोड़ो भाषा (boṛo bhāṣā) Irish: Bódóis f

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Bodo language (Bantu)

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Proper noun

Bodo

1. A possibly extinct Bantu/Lebonya language of the Central African Republic.

Translations

language

Etymology 3

• 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.

Proper noun

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Bodo (surname)

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Bodo (plural Bodos)

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bodo is the 35395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Bodo is most common among White (91.98%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bodo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180.

Anagrams

• boo'd, doob

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Bodo (Vorname)

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Alternative forms

• Botho, Boto

Etymology

Either via Old Saxon bodo (“master”) or from Old High German boto (“messenger”); also a short form for given names beginning with Bodo- (Bodowin, Bodomar) or ending with -bod (as Adalbod)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Bodo m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bodos)

1. a male given name