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Where does “bourder” come from?

bourder (Old French) comes from French bourde — stumble, blunder, error.

Ancestry of “bourder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbourdestumble, blunder, error

Words derived from “bourder”

  • broad
  • broadly
  • broadband
  • broaden
  • broadest
  • broadside
  • broadcloth
  • broadsword
  • overbroad
  • broadsheet
  • broadleaf
  • broadminded
  • broadbrimmed
  • broadmindedness
  • broadbill
  • broadaxe
  • broadish
  • broadscale
  • broadhead
  • broadway
  • broadloom
  • broadbrim
  • ultrabroadband
  • ultrabroad
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