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Where does “yarda” come from?

yarda (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish yarda, from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.

yarda (Bikol Central): yard

Definitions

  1. yard

Ancestry of “yarda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyardayard; yard sale
2EnglishYard—
3Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
4FrenchmilliardA milliard
5Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
7Old Frenchmillon—
8Italianmilionemillion
9Italianmillethousand
10LatinMīlle—
11Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →