Graveyard

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From grave +‎ yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak(“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats(“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass(“graveyard”).

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graveyard (n.)

1683, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c. 1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.