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
- Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
Ancestry of “Yard”, step by step
Yard traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English milliard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | milliard | 10, a thousand million |
| 2 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 3 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via Middle English yerd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | yerd | A fenced piece of land; a yard; A plot of land; a... |
| 2 | Old English | ġeard | garden, yard, fence, enclosure; yard, garden,... |
| 3 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 4 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 5 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |