From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (compare Dutch gaard, obsolete German Gart, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål gård, Norwegian Nynorsk gard), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (Lithuanian gardas, Russian го́род, Albanian gardh, Romanian gard, Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬵𐬀, Sanskrit गृह), Medieval Latin gardinus, Medieval Latin jardinus. garden.
From Middle English ȝerde, yerd, ȝerd, from Old English ġierd ("branch; rod, staff; measuringstick; yardland"), from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀd, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz. Cognate with Dutch gard ("twig"), German Gerte and probably related to Latin hasta.
Clipping of milliard.
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