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
Ancestry of “crinoline”, step by step
crinoline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian crinolino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | crinolino | — |
| 2 | Italian | lino | flax; linen; of flax or linen; flaxen |
| 3 | Latin | linum | flax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Latin crīnis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | crīnis | hair of the head, lock of hair, plume |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kriznis | hair |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “crinoline”