Etymology

selion

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Today it means: A mediaeval open strip of land or small field used for growing crops. Full definition →

Old French seillon ← French sillon ← Latin selio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromselio“a measure of land”
  2. French · derived fromsillon“a ridge, furrow”
  3. Old French · derived fromseillon“a measure of land”
  4. English todayselion

Old French seillon (“a measure of land”), French sillon (“a ridge, furrow”), Latin selio (“a measure of land”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchsillon all →

sillionsillon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.