sérico

Portuguese

adj

Definitions

silk (attributive); silky
serum (attributive)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēricus (made of silk, silken, the Seres Chinese).

Origin

Latin

sēricus

Gloss

made of silk, silken, the Seres Chinese

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

seric English
sericeous English
sēricus Latin
culture French
sérico Spanish, Castilian
Σῆρες Ancient Greek
σηρικός Ancient Greek
σηρῐκός Ancient Greek
sioloc Old English
silki Old Norse
sirgo Old Portuguese