Etymology

sillage

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Today it means: The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume. Full definition →

French sillage
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  1. French · borrowed fromsillage
  2. English todaysillage

Borrowed from French sillage (literally “wake”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.