Where does “brickyard” come from?

brickyard (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.

brickyard (English): A factory where bricks are produced or...

Definitions

  1. A factory where bricks are produced or...

Ancestry of “brickyard”, step by step

brickyard 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 Brick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBricknamed after Joseph Brick
2EnglishBridgeOS grid ref TR1854. Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from
3Middle EnglishbriggeA bridge
4Old Norsebryggjapier, gangway
5Proto-Germanicbrewwanąto brew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂