Where does “truckyard” come from?
truckyard (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.
truckyard (English): A yard where trucks are loaded and unloaded
Definitions
- A yard where trucks are loaded and unloaded
Ancestry of “truckyard”, step by step
truckyard 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 truck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truck | A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel... |
| 2 | English | truckle | A small wheel; a caster or pulley; A small wheel... |
| 3 | Middle English | trokel | caster, wheel, roller |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | trocle | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | trochlea | a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροχιλία | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |