Where does “patrilineage” come from?

patrilineage (English) comes from English lineage, from Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

patrilineage (English): Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage

Definitions

  1. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage

Ancestry of “patrilineage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlineageDescent in a line from a common progenitor;...
2Middle Englishlinage
3Old Frenchlinagelineage
4Old Frenchligne
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom