Siltation
/sɪlˈteɪ.ʃən/noun
The process of becoming filled or covered with silt.
Did you know?The word is built on the ancient root behind *silt* itself, a sediment word whose deep history is murky enough that scholars trace it through older Scandinavian and English forms rather than a single dramatic Latin source.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
silt
“sediment, mud, or fine earthy material”
Middle English
ME
silt
“fine sediment carried by water”
Early Modern English
English
silt
“to deposit or become clogged with sediment”
19th Century
English
siltation
“the act or process of being choked or filled with silt”
Modern English
English
siltation
“the accumulation of silt in a body of water or on land”