sericulture

Meaning

Noun

• The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.

Origin

• Possibly borrowed from French sériculture, a modification of French sériciculture ("sericulture") (or directly from sériciculture), from Late Latin sēricum ("Chinese goods, especially silk") + French culture ("crop; culture"). Sēricum is derived from Latin sēricus ("of or pertaining to the Seres or Chinese; (by extension) made of silk, silken"), from Sēres, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες ("the Chinese people; the land of the Chinese, China"), plural of Σήρ, possibly from Old Chinese 絲 ("silk").