Where does “lint” come from?

lint (Middle English) comes from Middle English lynet, from Old French linette, from Old French lin, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lint (Middle English): Alternative form of lynet

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of lynet

Ancestry of “lint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlynetlint; linen; flax or fabric made of it
2Old Frenchlinettegrain of flax
3Old Frenchlinline
4LatinlīneaA linen thread
5Latinlīnumflax
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →