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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYard—
2Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīlle—
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslī—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →