English

matboard

From mat + board?

A compound of mat + board

Late Latin matta ‘mat made of rushes’

Old English meatte

Middle English matte

English mat

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun Synonym of mountboard.

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

Etymograph / matboard