sirgo

From Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (“silk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡo/

sirgo m

1. silk
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

2. silkworm

• (silk): seda
• (silkworm): babou

• Portuguese: sirgo

From Old Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲 (“silk”). Doublet of sérico.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɣu/
• Hyphenation: sir‧go

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. silk
2. silkworm

• (silk): seda
• (silkworm): bicho-da-seda

sirgo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sirgar.