Etymograph

English

grainage

Grainage comes from French grainer ‘to granulate’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgrainer‘to granulate’
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentgrainage
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgrainer‘to granulate’
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentgrainage
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun The selection and storage of cocoons in sericulture.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French grainer / grainage