Where does “yate” come from?

yate (Fijian) 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.

yate (Fijian): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “yate”, step by step

yate 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 Fijian ate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FijianateObsolete spelling of yate
2Proto-Oceanicqateliver organ of the body
3Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianqatay—
4Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianqatay—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatayliver
6Proto-AustronesianqaCayliver

Words derived from “yate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →