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Where does “lyntel” come from?

lyntel (Middle English) comes from Old French lintel, from Latin lintellus, from Latin limitellus, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Ancestry of “lyntel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlintellintel
2Latinlintellus—
3Latinlimitellus—
4Latinlīmes—
5Latinlīmus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “lyntel”

  • lintel
  • lintelled
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