Where does “Sēres” come from?

Sēres (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Σῆρες, from Old Chinese 絲 — silk.

Sēres (Latin): The Seres, the northern Chinese reached by the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an) as opposed to the Sinae reached by the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou), unknown in antiquity to be related to one another

Definitions

  1. The Seres, the northern Chinese reached by the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an) as opposed to the Sinae reached by the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou), unknown in antiquity to be related to one another

Ancestry of “Sēres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΣῆρεςa people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese,...
2Old Chinese絲silk

Words derived from “Sēres”

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