Where does “battenboard” come from?

battenboard (English) comes 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, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

battenboard (English): A compound wood board consisting of boards of...

Definitions

  1. A compound wood board consisting of boards of...

Ancestry of “battenboard”, step by step

battenboard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English board

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
2Englishboardridersurfer
3EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
4Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
5Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
6Old Englishrīdererider, knight
7Old Englishrīdanto ride
8Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
9Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English batten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbattenTo become better; improve in condition,...
2Middle Englishbataunt
3Old Frenchbatentbeating
4Old Frenchbatreto beat; to hit; to strike
5Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
6Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną
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