Where does “mosque yard” come from?
mosque yard (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.
mosque yard (English): A yard surrounding or next to a mosque; A...
Definitions
- A yard surrounding or next to a mosque; A...
Ancestry of “mosque yard”, step by step
mosque yard 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 mosque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mosque | A place of worship for Muslims, often having at... |
| 2 | French | mosquée | mosque |
| 3 | Italian | moschea | mosque |
| 4 | Spanish | mezquita | mosque; a Native American religious site |
| 5 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 6 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 7 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |