Etymology

silky

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Today it means: Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk. Full definition →

Middle English sylky
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsylky
  2. English todaysilky

From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.