Where does “yardage” come from?
Yardage derives from English yard plus the suffix -age, which comes from Old French -age, ultimately from Latin -aticum and Proto-Indo-European roots meaning an enclosure or garden.
yardage (English): An amount or length measured in yards; The use of...
Definitions
- An amount or length measured in yards; The use of...
Ancestry of “yardage”, 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 | — |