Etymology

cross-border

Today it means: Taking place across a border. Full definition →

English border ← Middle English bordure ← Old French bordeure
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The story

  1. Englishcross-
  2. Old Frenchbordeure
  3. Middle Englishbordure
  4. Englishborder
  5. English todaycross-border

From cross- + border.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.