529 plans and meals

brantly
Tue, 08 Nov 2016 02:39:19 +0000

The word board means meals. Ergo, room and board means a room to sleep in plus meals. It comes from the idea of a table. In old English, board was the word for table, and you’ll still find related words in use in other languages. I think bord means table in Danish and Swedish. Also, there’s the word smorgasbord.