Etymology

yardage

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Today it means: An amount or length measured in yards. Full definition →

English yard ← Middle English yerde ← Anglian Old English ġerd
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*gazdaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gaʀdi
  3. Anglian Old Englishġerd
  4. Middle Englishyerde
  5. Englishyard
  6. English todayyardage

From yard + -age.

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