Where does “linthead” come from?
linthead (English) comes from English lint, from Middle English lynet, from Old French linette, from Old French lin, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
linthead (English): A worker in a cotton or other textile mill; A...
Definitions
- A worker in a cotton or other textile mill; A...
Ancestry of “linthead”, step by step
linthead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lint | A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen... |
| 2 | Middle English | lynet | lint; linen; flax or fabric made of it |
| 3 | Old French | linette | grain of flax |
| 4 | Old French | lin | line |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |