EuroLex/F/Ensilage


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: noun: ensilage; transitive verb ensiler - silage/ensilage; to ensile

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

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Etymology: from F ensilage, from ensiler "put in a silo", from Sp ensilar, from L sirum (nom. sirus), from Gk siros "a pit to keep corn in".

Or, alternately, the Spanish word is from a pre-Roman Iberian language word represented by Basque zilo, zulo "dugout, cave or shelter for keeping grain".

Alteration "silage/ensilage" probably by influence of silo.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

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