Where does “silkette” come from?

silkette (English) comes from English silk, from Middle English silk, from Old English sioloc.

silkette (English): A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk

Definitions

  1. A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk

Ancestry of “silkette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsilkA fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other...
2Middle Englishsilk—
3Old Englishsioloc—
Every word from Old English sioloc →Every word from Middle English silk →Every word from English silk →
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