Where does “boneyard” come from?

boneyard (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.

boneyard (English): A graveyard; In the game of dominoes, the pile of...

Definitions

  1. A graveyard; In the game of dominoes, the pile of...

Ancestry of “boneyard”, step by step

boneyard 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 Bône

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBônenow known as Annaba
2Middle Englishbonbone
3Old Englishbānbone, tusk; the bone of a limb
4Arabicبانto separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be...
5Ottoman Turkishبانban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish...
6Ottoman Turkishباڭ
7Persianبنگhashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";...
8Middle Persian𐭡𐭭𐭢henbane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle