Where does “linting” come from?
linting (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.
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Ancestry of “linting”, step by step
linting 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 ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |