English

formboard

From form + board.

A compound of form + board

Latin fōrma ‘shape’

Old French forme ‘shape’

Middle English forme ‘shape’

English form

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A child's educational toy, a board with various shaped holes each accepting a certain shape.

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

Etymograph / formboard