Where does “kailyard” come from?
kailyard (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.
kailyard (English): A kitchen garden
Definitions
- A kitchen garden
Ancestry of “kailyard”, step by step
kailyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Yard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Yard | Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard |
| 2 | English | milliard | 10, a thousand million |
| 3 | French | milliard | A milliard |
| 4 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Old French | millon | — |
| 7 | Italian | milione | million |
| 8 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 9 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via English kail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kail | Alternative form of kale; Any cabbage, greens, or... |
| 2 | German | geil | salacious; lustful; horny; keen on; bent on;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | geil | — |
| 4 | Old High German | geil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gail | wanton; lustful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gailaz | merry, excited, lush, beautiful, lustful |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoylos | frothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton;... |