Bord
Meaning: Actually means 'table'. Ett bord för två = a table for two.
Language: Swedish
Literally: board
Category: Everyday
Origin: From Old Norse borð, 'plank, table' — the same root as English 'board', which also once meant a table, as 'room and board' still remembers.
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