[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