Where does “lineatrice” come from?

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

lineatrice (Italian): a device used to line up the sheets of a book etc. when being printed

Definitions

  1. a device used to line up the sheets of a book etc. when being printed

Ancestry of “lineatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlinearelinear, one-dimensional; consistent; to plot,...
2Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →