Where does “farmyard” come from?

Farmyard comes from English farm, from Middle English ferme, from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus meaning "firm" or "stable," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots related to stability and support.

farmyard (English): The area around a farm, excluding the fields

Definitions

  1. The area around a farm, excluding the fields

Ancestry of “farmyard”, step by step

farmyard 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 farm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfarmA place where agricultural and similar activities...
2Middle EnglishfermeA lease; the renting of land
3Old Frenchfermelease; the land leased; farm
4Medieval LatinfermaAlternative form of firma
5LatinFirmatax, tribute
6LatinFirmusstrong, powerful
7Proto-Italicfermos
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-mo-sholding
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

Words derived from “farmyard

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂