Where does “borderlineness” come from?
borderlineness (English) comes from English borderline, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.
borderlineness (English): The quality of being borderline
Definitions
- The quality of being borderline
Ancestry of “borderlineness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | borderline | nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a... |
| 2 | English | line | A path through two or more points ; a continuous... |
| 3 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 4 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |