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Where does “ligne” come from?

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

ligne (French): line; route, course, service, line; cable

Definitions

  1. line; route, course, service, line; cable

Ancestry of “ligne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchligne—
2Latinlīnea—
3Latinlīnum—
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “ligne”

  • lignel
  • curviligne
  • interligne
  • longiligne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →