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bode
O.E.
bodian
"announce, foretell," from
boda
"message," probably related to
bid
, from P.Gmc.
*buthan
(cf. O.S.
gibod,
Ger.
gebot,
O.N.
boš
). As a shortened form of
forebode
(usually evil), it dates from 1740.