Where does “lin” come from?

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

lin (Old French): line

Definitions

  1. line

Ancestry of “lin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlīneaA linen thread
2Latinlīnumflax
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →