Etymograph

English

funboard

From fun + board.

A compound of fun + board

Middle English fonne ‘foolish, simple, silly’

English fun

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.

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Etymograph / funboard