English
silo
Silo comes from Spanish silo.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsilo
- Englishearliest quotation 1987silo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsilo
- Englishearliest quotation 1987silo
Earliest quotation: 1987, Michio Kaku, Daniel Axelrod: “As a rule of thumb, to reliably destroy a…”
Every English word from Spanish silo
Today it means
noun A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish silo / silo