English

foilboard

From foil + board.

A compound of foil + board

Proto-Italic *foljom

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Late Latin folia ‘a leaf’

Old French fueille ‘plant leaf’

Middle French fueille

Middle English foyle ‘a leaf’

English foil

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A surfboard with a hydrofoil that extends below the board into the water, causing the board to leave the surface of the water at various speeds.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / foilboard