The story
- Old Chinese · derived from絲“silk”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΣῆρες“the North Chinese; North China”
- Latin · borrowed fromSērēs
- English todaySeres
From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
Words from the same roots
LatinSērēs all →
Serian
Ancient GreekΣῆρες all →
sericulturesericeous
Old Chinese絲 all →
sergesericulturesericasericSerican
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.