Where does “orderboard” come from?

orderboard (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.

orderboard (English): A movable signal indicating whether or not there are train orders to be picked up

Definitions

  1. A movable signal indicating whether or not there are train orders to be picked up

Ancestry of “orderboard”, step by step

orderboard 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 order

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorderArrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position...
2GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
3Middle High Germanordenunge
4Old High Germanordinunga
5Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
6LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
7Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
8Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną