Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To overlock.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA type of worsted cloth. · A garment made of this fabric.
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.
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