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Where does “linea” come from?

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

linea (Italian): line; dash; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. line; dash; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “linea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnea—
2Latinlīnum—
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linea”

  • semiretta
  • linea retta
  • capolinea
  • retta
  • tiralinee
  • autolinea
  • aerolinea
  • aviolinea
  • linie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →