Etymology of the English word wallboard
the English word
wallboardderived from the English word
wallderived from the Late Latin word
vallum (wall; rampart, walled; wall, rampart; entrenchment)
derived from the Latin word
vallus (stake, palisade, point)
derived from the Latin word
vannus (winnowing basket)
derived from the English word
boardderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*borthazUsage
Word found in Modern English