Where does “linceul” come from?

linceul (French) comes from Old French linçuel, from Latin linteolum, from Latin linteum, from Latin linteus, from Latin linum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

linceul (French): shroud

Definitions

  1. shroud

Ancestry of “linceul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlinçuelsheet; drape; large piece of cloth
2Latinlinteolumsmall linen cloth
3Latinlinteumlinen cloth; bedsheet; sail
4Latinlinteuslinen
5Latinlinumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope,...
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linceul”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin linum →