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Where does “lineo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lineo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnea—
2Latinlīnum—
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →