Where does “silkworks” come from?
silkworks (English) comes from English silk, from Middle English silk, from Old English sioloc.
silkworks (English): A silk manufactory
Definitions
- A silk manufactory
Ancestry of “silkworks”, step by step
silkworks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English silk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | silk | A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | silk | — |
| 3 | Old English | sioloc | — |
via English works
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | works | plural of work in its countable senses; API pl; A... |