Where does “crinoline” come from?

crinoline (French) comes from Italian crinolino, from Italian lino, from Latin linum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

crinoline (French): crinoline

Definitions

  1. crinoline

Ancestry of “crinoline”, step by step

crinoline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian crinolino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrinolino
2Italianlinoflax; linen; of flax or linen; flaxen
3Latinlinumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope,...
4Proto-Italiclīnom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Latin crīnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrīnishair of the head, lock of hair, plume
2Proto-Italickriznishair
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “crinoline

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin linum