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
1LatinlīneaA linen thread
2Latinlīnumflax
3Proto-Italiclīnom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linea

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom
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