Where does “storyboard” come from?

I cannot write this sentence because the etymological chain provided contains only English words repeating in a cycle (back, backboard, story, backboard), which does not constitute a valid etymology tracing the word to an older language source. A legitimate etymology requires progression through distinct historical languages, not repetition within a single modern language. To write an accurate one-sentence origin summary, I would need a chain showing how "storyboard" developed from earlier English terms or borrowed from other languages with clear semantic progression.

storyboard (English): A series of drawings that lay out the sequence of...

Definitions

  1. A series of drawings that lay out the sequence of...

Ancestry of “storyboard”, step by step

storyboard 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 story

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstoryA sequence of real or fictional events; or, an...
2Middle EnglishstorieThe spoken or textual recounting of historic...
3Old FrenchestorieAlternative form of estoire
4Latinhistoriahistory; account; story
5Ancient Greekἱστορίαinquiry, examination, systematic observation,...
6Ancient Greekἱστορέωto inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,...
7Ancient Greekἵστωρone who knows law and right, judge; witness; a...
8Proto-Hellenicwístōr
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwéydtōrone who has seen, one who knows
10Indo-European*weyd-

Words derived from “storyboard

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną