## Meanings
1. The line that separates two countries or regions.
2. A strip or band along the edge of something.
3. To share a boundary with another place.

## Examples
- The border between Canada and the USA is the longest in the world.
- The rug had a wide blue border.
- Pennsylvania borders Ohio.

## Derived Forms
- boda-boda
- borderer
- borderism
- borderland
- borderless
- borderline
- borderlinking
- borderplex
- borderspace
- borderspacing
- borderstone
- bordertown

## Related Forms
- board
- boarder
- bord
- bored

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bordure
- Root: bordeure
- Root: *bord

## Etymology
Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

## AI Etymology
Border is inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc. Border follows a historical chain through Old French bordeure, Middle English bordure, English bor.

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