Silk Definition

Origin of Silk

• Old English sioloc, seolc. The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki, Russian шёлк (Å¡olk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkaÄ©), all ultimately from Late Latin sÄ“ricus, from Latin sericus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (serikos), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese çµ² (sÄ«, “silk")). Compare Seres.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English from Old English sioloc probably of Slavic origin (akin to Old Church Slavonic šelkŭ) ultimately from Greek sērikon neuter of sērikos silken serge¹

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition