Where does “lineto” come from?
lineto (Italian) comes from Italian Lino, from Latin Linus, from Ancient Greek Λῖνος, from Ancient Greek λίνον, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
lineto (Italian): flax field
Ancestry of “lineto”, 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 |