Where does “Lino” come from?

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

Lino (Italian): flax plant and fiber

Definitions

  1. flax plant and fiber

Ancestry of “Lino”, step by step

Lino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Linus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLinus—
2Ancient GreekΛῖνος—
3Ancient Greekλίνονflax; anything made of flax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Latin līnum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnumflax
2Proto-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 →