myEtymology.com: English etymology of cardboard

Etymology of the English word cardboard

the English word cardboard

derived from the English word card

derived from the Old French word carte

derived from the Medieval Latin word charta (paper, papyrus; record)

derived from the Greek word chartes, χάρτης (a sheet ('chart') of writing-material (as to be scribbled over))

derived from the English word board

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *borthaz