Where does “lineetta” come from?

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

lineetta (Italian): dash

Definitions

  1. dash

Ancestry of “lineetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlinealine; dash; third-person singular present...
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →