Etymology

hoverboard

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Today it means: A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard. Full definition →

English board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord
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  1. Englishhover
  2. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  4. Old Englishbord
  5. Middle Englishbord
  6. Englishboard
  7. English todayhoverboard

From hover + board. First attested in 1967 in the science fiction novel The Hole in the Zero by M. K. Joseph, and popularised by the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II.

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