English

handlebody

From handle + body.

A compound of handle + body

Proto-West Germanic *handulā

Old English handle

Middle English handel

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‘to be awake’

Proto-West Germanic *bodag ‘body’

Old English bodiġ ‘body’

Middle English body

English body

Today it means

noun A top-dimensional submanifold of Euclidean space comprising a ball with handles attached to it along its boundary.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / handlebody