Etymology

artboard

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Today it means: An on-screen design surface in a drawing application. Full definition →

English board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  3. Proto-Italic*artis
  4. Latinars
  5. Latinartem
  6. Old Frenchart
  7. Middle Englishart
  8. Englishart
  9. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  11. Old Englishbord
  12. Middle Englishbord
  13. Englishboard
  14. English todayartboard

From art + board.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.