Where does “Yardie” come from?
Yardie (English) comes from Jamaican Creole yard, from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.
Yardie (English): A Jamaican; A member of an Afro-Caribbean gang...
Definitions
- A Jamaican; A member of an Afro-Caribbean gang...
Ancestry of “Yardie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaican Creole | yard | home |
| 2 | English | Yard | Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard |
| 3 | English | milliard | 10, a thousand million |
| 4 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 5 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Old French | millon | — |
| 8 | Italian | milione | million |
| 9 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 10 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |