Where does “outyard” come from?
outyard (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.
outyard (English): A temporary location with better sources of pollen to which a hive is moved during times when the plants in the normal location of the hive have dried up
Definitions
- A temporary location with better sources of pollen to which a hive is moved during times when the plants in the normal location of the hive have dried up
Ancestry of “outyard”, step by step
| 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 | — |