Where does “Billboardese” come from?
Billboardese (English) comes from English billboard, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Billboardese (English): The industry jargon associated with Billboard, an American music and entertainment magazine
Definitions
- The industry jargon associated with Billboard, an American music and entertainment magazine
Ancestry of “Billboardese”, step by step
Billboardese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English billboard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | billboard | A very large outdoor sign, generally used for... |
| 2 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 3 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 4 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 5 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 6 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 7 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 8 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |