Etymology

junkyard

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Today it means: A place where rubbish is discarded. Full definition →

English yard ← Middle English yerd ← Old English ġeard
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The story

  1. Englishjunk
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰos
  4. Proto-Germanic*gardaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*gard
  6. Old Englishġeard
  7. Middle Englishyerd
  8. Englishyard
  9. English todayjunkyard

From junk + yard.

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