Word origin
[1830–40; ‹ F, OF
bahu, bahuz, perh. ‹ Old Low Franconian *
baghôdi cover, protection, equiv. to *
bag- bag + *
-hôdi protection, akin to
hide1,
hut]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ante, baby talk, grid, paraffin, stroboscope