Etymology

sil

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Today it means: A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times. Full definition →

Latin sil
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsil“a kind of yellow earth, ochre”
  2. English todaysil

From Latin sil (“a kind of yellow earth, ochre”).

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