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Where does “lenzuolo” come from?

lenzuolo (Italian) comes from Latin linteolum, from Latin linteum, from Latin linteus, from Latin linum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lenzuolo (Italian): sheet, bedsheet

Definitions

  1. sheet, bedsheet

Ancestry of “lenzuolo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lenzuolo”

  • lancun
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