serge
noun
Origin
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
Phrases
- silk serge
Related words
Word family
- sergeant
- sergeant-at-law
- sergeant at arms
- sergeant first class
- sergeant fish
- sergeant major
- Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky
- Sergei Diaghilev
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
- Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
- Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
- Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov
Broader terms
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