Where does “beeyard” come from?
beeyard (English) comes from English yard, from Middle English yerd, from Old English ġeard, from Old French guarde, from Old French guarder, from Frankish wardēn, from Proto-Germanic wardāną, from Proto-Germanic *warduz — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
beeyard (English): An apiary
Definitions
- An apiary
Ancestry of “beeyard”, step by step
beeyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yard | A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building |
| 2 | Middle English | yerd | A fenced piece of land; a yard; A plot of land; a... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeard | garden, yard, fence, enclosure; yard, garden,... |
| 4 | Old French | guarde | protection; act of protecting; guard; inflection... |
| 5 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 6 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English bee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bee | A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within... |
| 2 | Middle English | bee | A bee |
| 3 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |