Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “ligne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ligne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ligne”

  • lineage
  • multilineage
  • sublineage
  • trilineage
  • lineaged
  • osteolineage
  • lineaging
  • lignel
  • linaje
  • longiligne
  • ligne
  • interligne
  • curviligne
  • kustlinie
  • linie
  • lynage
  • linage
  • linage
  • linie
  • lignaige
  • linnage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →