Etymology

fiberboard

F4I1B3E1R1B3O1A1R1D2

Today it means: A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building or making furniture. Full definition →

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

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

From fiber + board.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.