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Where does “lignel” come from?

lignel (English) comes from French ligne, from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lignel (English): Any of the lines along the edge of a voxel,...

Definitions

  1. Any of the lines along the edge of a voxel,...

Ancestry of “lignel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchligneline; route, course, service, line; cable
2Old Frenchligne—
3Latinlīnea—
4Latinlīnum—
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →