seta etymology

seta (n.)

1680s, "coarse silk or thread," from Italian seta, from Latin saeta "bristle, long hair" (with reference to the length, not the stiffness). Figurative sense of "something fine, rare" is from 1832.

seta relate terms

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  • seta

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