Where does “Yard” come from?

Yard (English) comes from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

Yard (English): Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard

Definitions

  1. Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard

Ancestry of “Yard”, step by step

Yard traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English milliard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
2FrenchmilliardA milliard
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via Middle English yerd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyerdA fenced piece of land; a yard; A plot of land; a...
2Old Englishġeardgarden, yard, fence, enclosure; yard, garden,...
3Old Frenchguardeprotection; act of protecting; guard; inflection...
4Old Frenchguarderto protect; to guard; to look at
5Frankishwardēnto protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to...
6Proto-Germanicwardānąto guard, protect, watch over
7Proto-Germanic*warduz
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Proto-Germanic gazdaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgazdazgoad; spike
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰazdʰ-

Words derived from “Yard

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂