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English word origin

Etymology of Bodin

* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin. * As a Swedish surname, from the n

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A surname from French. · A surname from French, variant of Beaudin. · A surname from German · A surname from German, variant of Boden

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* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden. * As a German surname, related to sense 1 above, and also from the place Boddin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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  • Derivation mentionBodinfro

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