Where does “silage” come from?
Silage comes from French ensilage, composed of the prefix en- and a root derived from Latin -are and -age suffixes, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
silage (English): Fermented green forage fodder stored in a silo;...
Definitions
- Fermented green forage fodder stored in a silo;...
Ancestry of “silage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ensilage | The process of producing silage by the... |
| 2 | French | ensilage | ensilage |
| 3 | French | ensiler | to store in a silo |
| 4 | Spanish | ensilar | — |
| 5 | Spanish | en- | en- |
| 6 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “silage”