Where does “ياردة” come from?
ياردة (Arabic) comes from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.
ياردة (Arabic): yard
Definitions
- yard
Ancestry of “ياردة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Yard | Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard |
| 2 | English | milliard | 10, a thousand million |
| 3 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 4 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Old French | millon | — |
| 7 | Italian | milione | million |
| 8 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 9 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |