Where does “rickyard” come from?

rickyard (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.

rickyard (English): A farmyard where hayricks are stored

Definitions

  1. A farmyard where hayricks are stored

Ancestry of “rickyard”, step by step

rickyard 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 Rick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRickStraw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch
2EnglishrecruitA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a...
3Frenchrecruterto recruit
4GermanRekrutrecruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the...
5Frenchrecreute
6Frenchrecruerecruit
7Old Frenchrecreu
8Old Frenchrecreistre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂