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Where does “lineamentum” come from?

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

lineamentum (Latin): a mark, line, stroke; features, lineaments;...

Definitions

  1. a mark, line, stroke; features, lineaments;...

Ancestry of “lineamentum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnea—
2Latinlīnum—
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lineamentum”

  • linéament
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