Border
/ˈbɔːr.dər/noun
A boundary or dividing line between two areas.
Did you know?“Border” entered English through Old French from a Germanic word for the side or edge of a board, which is why its deepest sense is literally about an edge, not a country line.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bher-
“to cut, scrape, or make a surface”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*burdą
“board, plank, edge”
Old French
OF
borde
“edge, side; boundary”
Middle English
ME
border
“edge, margin; later, boundary line”
Modern English
English
border
“a dividing line between areas”