Etymology

cardboard

C3A1R1D2B3O1A1R1D2

Today it means: A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs. Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekχάρτης (khártēs)
  2. Latincharta
  3. Old Frenchcarte
  4. Middle Englishcarde
  5. Englishcard
  6. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  8. Old Englishbord
  9. Middle Englishbord
  10. Englishboard
  11. English todaycardboard

From card + board.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.