English

letterboard

From letter + board.

A compound of letter + board

Latin littera ‘letter of the alphabet; (plural) epistle’

Old French letre

Middle English letter

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A signboard for lettering or text.

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

Etymograph / letterboard