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sirgo.

silk

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsiʁ.ɡu/Brazil[ˈsiɦ.ɡu]Brazil/ˈsiɾ.ɡu/São-Paulo/ˈsiʁ.ɡu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. silk

    masculine
  2. silkworm

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲 /丝 (sī, “silk”). Doublet of sérico.

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