Where does “silting” come from?
Silting comes from English silt, derived from Middle English silte and silen, from Old French siller and cil, from Latin cilium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-yo-m and ḱel-.
silting (English): present participle of silt
Definitions
- present participle of silt
Ancestry of “silting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | silt | Mud or fine earth deposited from running or... |
| 2 | Middle English | silte | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sultijō | salty water; saltwater; brine; a saltmarsh |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sal- | dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray |