Where does “imageboard” come from?
imageboard (English) comes from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn- — in.
imageboard (English): A type of messageboard that revolves around the...
Definitions
- A type of messageboard that revolves around the...
Ancestry of “imageboard”, step by step
imageboard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English image
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 2 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 4 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 5 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 6 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 7 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English board
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 2 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 3 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 4 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 5 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 6 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 7 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |