myEtymology.com: English etymology of pressboard

Etymology of the English word pressboard

the English word pressboard

derived from the English word press

derived from the Old French word presser

derived from the Vulgar Latin word pressare (press, squeeze)

derived from the Latin word pressus (firmly planted, deliberate; pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure)

derived from the English word board

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *borthaz