Etymograph

English

storeyard

From store + yard.

A compound of store + yard

Latin īnstaurō ‘to renew, set up’

Anglo-Norman stor

Middle English store ‘supplies’

English store

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose’

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Proto-Germanic *gardaz ‘enclosure’

Proto-West Germanic *gard ‘enclosure’

Old English ġeard ‘yard’

Middle English yerd ‘the property surrounding an estate or manor’

English yard

Today it means

noun A yard used for storage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / storeyard