Where does “tiralinee” come from?

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

tiralinee (Italian): drawing / ruling pen

Definitions

  1. drawing / ruling pen

Ancestry of “tiralinee”, step by step

tiralinee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian linea

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

via Italian tirare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantirareto pull, draw, tug, drag; to throw, shoot, toss,...
2Vulgar Latin*tīrāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →