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Where does “sillon” come from?

sillon (French) comes from Old French seillon, from Old French seille, from Latin situla, from Latin situlum — Mediaeval form of situla; accusative singular of...

sillon (French): furrow; groove, fissure; corridor

Definitions

  1. furrow; groove, fissure; corridor

Ancestry of “sillon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchseillona measure of land
2Old Frenchseille—
3Latinsitulaa vessel used to hold water; a voting urn ;...
4LatinsitulumMediaeval form of situla; accusative singular of...

Words derived from “sillon”

  • sillon
  • selion
  • microsillon
  • sillon
  • sillonner
  • seillon
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