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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
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