Where does “lumberyard” come from?

lumberyard (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.

lumberyard (English): A facility dedicated to the preparation and/or...

Definitions

  1. A facility dedicated to the preparation and/or...

Ancestry of “lumberyard”, step by step

lumberyard 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 lumber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlumberOld furniture or other items that take up room,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂