Where does “capolinea” come from?

capolinea (Italian) comes from Italian linea, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

capolinea (Italian): terminus

Definitions

  1. terminus

Ancestry of “capolinea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlinealine; dash; third-person singular present...
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →
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