sericulture
English
/ˈsɛɹɪˌkʌltʃə/, /ˈsɛɹɪˌkʌltʃɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.
Etymology
Borrowed from French sériculture, sériciculture (sericulture) derived from Latin sēricum (silk) derived from French culture (crop, culture) derived from Latin sēricus (made of silk, silken, the Seres Chinese) derived from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (China, Chinese, the land of the Chinese, the Chinese people, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics, a people of Eastern Asia) derived from Old Chinese 絲 (silk).
Origin
Old Chinese
絲
Gloss
silk
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
絹
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cha English
- chasericulture English
- seric English
- sericeous English
- sericultural English
- sericulturally English
- sericulturist English
- Seres Latin
- cultūra Latin
- sēricum Latin
- sēricus Latin
- agriculture French
- agrumiculture French
- alpiculture French
- apiculture French
- contreculture French
- culture French
- liniculture French
- monoculture French
- phoeniciculture French
- sériciculture French
- sériculture French
- xyloculture French
- sérico Spanish, Castilian
- Σήρ Ancient Greek
- Σῆρες Ancient Greek
- σηρικός Ancient Greek
- σηρῐκός Ancient Greek
- sericicultura Portuguese
- sérico Portuguese
- seolc Old English
- sioloc Old English
- silki Old Norse
- kültür Turkish
- sirgo Old Portuguese
- kilti Haitian, Haitian Creole
- 絲 Mandarin
- 絲 Old Chinese