Where does “silken” come from?
silken (Middle English) comes from Old English seolcen, from Old English seolc, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
silken (Middle English): Alternative form of selken
Definitions
- Alternative form of selken
Ancestry of “silken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | seolcen | made of silk; silken |
| 2 | Old English | seolc | silk |
| 3 | Latin | sēricum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 4 | English | serigraph | a silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an... |
| 5 | Latin | sericum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 6 | Latin | sericus | Of or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;... |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |