Etymology

preboard

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Today it means: To (allow to) step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance before other people are allowed to board. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  11. Old Englishbord
  12. Middle Englishbord
  13. Englishboard
  14. English todaypreboard

From pre- + board.

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