everybody English · revision 2860

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1530|origins=en every, en body}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈev.riˌbɒd.i/, US /ˈev.riˌbɑː.di/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[every]] and [[body]] in its old sense “person”.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Every person, every individual of a group: the late 14th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) the 15th century in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) and about 1530 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It keeps an obsolete sense of ''body'', “person”.^(Etymonline) ''Everybody else'', “every other person”, is recorded with it in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – every person.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1530 – first OED example.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # Every person; [[everyone]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[anybody]]

+ * [[everything]]

+ * [[everywhere]]

+ * [[nobody]]

+ * [[somebody]]

+ * [[every]]

+ * [[body]]

+ * [[everyone]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Everybody'' and ''everyone'' are used in the same way.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}