Where does “Sēricus” come from?

Sēricus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek σηρικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Sēricus (Latin): silken, made of silk

Definitions

  1. silken, made of silk

Ancestry of “Sēricus”, step by step

Sēricus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek σηρικός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσηρικόςseric, silken
2Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Latin Sēres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSēresThe 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
2Ancient GreekΣῆρεςa people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese,...

via Ancient Greek σηρῐκός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσηρῐκόςsilken

Words derived from “Sēricus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →