Where does “balmyard” come from?

balmyard (Jamaican Creole) comes from Jamaican Creole yard, from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.

balmyard (Jamaican Creole): A place where obeah and pocomania rituals are practised

Definitions

  1. A place where obeah and pocomania rituals are practised

Ancestry of “balmyard”, step by step

balmyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Jamaican Creole yard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Jamaican Creoleyardhome
2EnglishYardScotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
3Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
4FrenchmilliardA milliard
5Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
7Old Frenchmillon
8Italianmilionemillion
9Italianmillethousand
10LatinMīllethousand; 1000
11Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
12Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via English balm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbalmAny of various aromatic resins exuded from...
2Middle EnglishbawmeThe aromatic resin of trees of the genus Commiphora; balsam
3FrenchBauméa French family name
4Old Frenchbasme
5Latinbalsamumbalsam (substance or tree); balm
6Ancient GreekβάλσαμονArabian balsam tree; balsam, the fragrant oil...
7Hebrewבושםperfume
8Proto-Semitic*buśm-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂