yard
yard - noun
- A small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building : court
Usage examples
Examples: "I can see the yard from here." "That yard belongs to me." "The yard is very important."
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Etymology
Middle English {it}yerd,{/it} going back to Old English {it}geard{/it} "fence, enclosure, dwelling, home, district, country," going back to Germanic {it}*garđa-{/it} (whence also Old Saxon {it}gard{/it} "garden, dwelling, world," Middle Dutch {it}gaert{/it} "garden, yard," Old High German {it}gart{/it} "enclosure, circle, enclosed piece of property," Old Norse {it}garðr{/it} "enclosure, courtyard," Gothic {it}gards{/it} (i-stem) "house, household, courtyard"; from an n-stem {it}*garđan-{/it}: Old Frisian {it}garda{/it} "family property, courtyard," Old Saxon {it}gardo{/it} "garden," Old High German {it}garto{/it}), perhaps (if from {it}*ghortós{/it}) going back to Indo-European {it}*ghortos{/it} "enclosure," whence also Old Irish {it}gort{/it} "arable or pasture field," Welsh {it}garth{/it} "field, enclosure, fold," Breton {it}garz{/it} "hedge," Latin {it}hortus{/it} "garden," Greek {it}chórtos{/it} "farmyard, pasturage"