Etymology

geoboard

G2E1O1B3O1A1R1D2

Today it means: A board with nails or pegs around which elastic bands can be looped in order to explore concepts in geometry. Full definition →

English board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  9. Latingeōmetria
  10. Old Frenchgeometrie
  11. Middle Englishgemetry
  12. Englishgeometry
  13. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  15. Old Englishbord
  16. Middle Englishbord
  17. Englishboard
  18. English todaygeoboard

Blend of geometry + board.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.