Where does “linaiolo” come from?
linaiolo (Italian) comes from Italian Lino, from Latin Linus, from Ancient Greek Λῖνος, from Ancient Greek λίνον, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
linaiolo (Italian): flax dresser; linen trader
Definitions
- flax dresser; linen trader
Ancestry of “linaiolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Lino | — |
| 2 | Latin | Linus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Λῖνος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λίνον | flax; anything made of flax |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |