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Where does “online” come from?

online (Italian) comes from English online, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

online (Italian): online

Definitions

  1. online

Ancestry of “online”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishonlineOf a system: connected to a larger network;...
2EnglishlineA path through two or more points ; a continuous...
3Middle Englishlinerope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,...
4Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
5Proto-West Germanic*līnā—
6Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
7Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno- →