Etymology

deboard

D2E1B3O1A1R1D2

Today it means: To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane, trolley, streetcar or spaceship. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  9. Old Englishbord
  10. Middle Englishbord
  11. Englishboard
  12. English todaydeboard

From de- + board.

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