English

softboard

From soft + board.

A compound of soft + board

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) ‘level’

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe ‘soft’

English soft

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun Low-density fibreboard.

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

Etymograph / softboard