Where does “linty” come from?

linty (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.

linty (English): Covered with lint

Definitions

  1. Covered with lint

Ancestry of “linty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlintA fine material made by scraping cotton or linen...
2Middle Englishlynetlint; linen; flax or fabric made of it
3Old Frenchlinettegrain of flax
4Old Frenchlinline
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linty”

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