Etymology

boardroom

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Today it means: The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings Full definition →

English room ← Middle English roum ← Old English rūm
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  3. Old Englishbord
  4. Middle Englishbord
  5. Englishboard
  6. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)rewH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*rūmą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*rūm
  10. Old Englishrūm
  11. Middle Englishroum
  12. Englishroom
  13. English todayboardroom

From board + room.

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