English

gameboard

From game + board.

A compound of game + board

Proto-Germanic *gamaną ‘amusement, pleasure’

Proto-West Germanic *gaman ‘pleasure, fun, amusement’

Old English gamen ‘sport, game, pastime’

Middle English game

English game

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

first attested First attested in 1826 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1826.

noun A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved.

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

Etymograph / gameboard