Morpheme
Silk
Type
free base
Denotation
fine soft thread produced by the larvae of specific moths
Etymology
Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc; Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc
Evidence
cornsilk, desilk, nonsilk, silk, silked, silken, silker, silkette, silkgrass, silkgrower, silkier, silkiest, silkiness, silking, silkless, silklike, silkman, silkmoth, silkscreen, silkstone, silktail, silktassel, silkware, silkwear, silkweed, silkwoman, silkwork, silkworm, silky
Notes
silk, seric, and serge are doublets
