Etymology

boarder

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Today it means: A pupil who lives at school during term time. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  3. Old Englishbord
  4. Middle Englishbord
  5. Englishboard
  6. English todayboarder

From board + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.