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
- A farmyard where hayricks are stored
Ancestry of “rickyard”, step by step
rickyard 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 Rick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Rick | Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch |
| 2 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 3 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 4 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 5 | French | recreute | — |
| 6 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 7 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 8 | Old French | recreistre | — |