Etymology

photoboard

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Today it means: A large photograph mounted on a board used for display purposes. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  11. Englishphotographclip.
  12. Englishphoto
  13. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  15. Old Englishbord
  16. Middle Englishbord
  17. Englishboard
  18. English todayphotoboard

From photo + board.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.