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Where does “lenement” come from?

lenement (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin linamentum, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Ancestry of “lenement”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lenement”

  • lemmet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →