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Where does “linaria” come from?

linaria (English) comes from Translingual Linaria, from Latin linarius, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

linaria (English): Any plant of the genus "Linaria"

Definitions

  1. Any plant of the genus "Linaria"

Ancestry of “linaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualLinaria—
2Latinlinariuslinen-weaver
3Latinlīnum—
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →