Where does “ballyard” come from?

ballyard (English) 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.

ballyard (English): A baseball field

Definitions

  1. A baseball field

Ancestry of “ballyard”, step by step

ballyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Yard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYardScotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
2Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via English Ball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBallsurname
2Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
3Old Englishbeallball
4EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
5Old Englishhyllhill
6Albanianhullifurrow
7Proto-Germanichullizhill
8Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
9Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle