Where does “Lino” come from?

Lino (Esperanto) comes from Italian Lino, from Latin Linus, from Ancient Greek Λῖνος, from Ancient Greek λίνον, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Lino (Esperanto): flax, linseed

Definitions

  1. flax, linseed

Ancestry of “Lino”, step by step

Lino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Lino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianLinoflax plant and fiber
2LatinLinus—
3Ancient GreekΛῖνος—
4Ancient Greekλίνονflax; anything made of flax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via French lin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlinlinen; flax
2Latinlīnumflax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax

Words derived from “Lino”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Ancient Greek λίνον →Every word from Ancient Greek Λῖνος →