seda

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) silk
2. (feminine) silken thread

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of sedar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of sedar:

sedar

to sedate

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Concepts

silk

rayon

silks

Translations

seda

seta

soie

seda

Seide

zijde

μετάξι

ipek

seda

حرير

zij

👩

حرِير

μέταξα

sēricum

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɛ.ðə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: sēta

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan seda, from Latin sēta, variant of saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).