English
silkless
From silk + -less.
A compound of silk + -less
Ancient Greek σήρ ‘silkworm’
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Vulgar Latin sericus
Proto-West Germanic *seluk
Old English seolc
Middle English silk
English silk
Today it means
adj Lacking silk.
Sources
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Etymograph / silkless