Etymology

yardman

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Today it means: A worker in a railyard. Full definition →

English yard ← Middle English yerd ← Old English ġeard
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*gardaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*gard
  5. Old Englishġeard
  6. Middle Englishyerd
  7. Englishyard
  8. English todayyardman

From yard + -man.

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