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Silk

3 stages from Chinese to English.

Today it means a fine, soft fiber produced by silkworms, woven into luxurious fabric
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Stage 1 of 3
si
Chinese · ancient
"silk"
the Chinese word for the fine fiber produced by silkworms
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Stage 2 of 3
serikos
Greek · ancient
"silken, from the Seres (Chinese) people"
adopted along the Silk Road trade routes
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Stage 3 of 3
sioloc
Old English · medieval
"silk"
adopted through Latin and Greek trade contact
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