Where does “lineage” come from?

Lineage comes from Middle English linage, from Old French linage, derived from Old French ligne meaning "line," from Latin linea, from Latin linum meaning "flax" or "thread," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līno-.

lineage (English): Descent in a line from a common progenitor;...

Definitions

  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor;...

Ancestry of “lineage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlinage—
2Old Frenchlinagelineage
3Old Frenchligne—
4LatinlīneaA linen thread
5Latinlīnumflax
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lineage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →