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Where does “linçuel” come from?

linçuel (Old French) comes from Latin linteolum, from Latin linteum, from Latin linteus, from Latin linum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

linçuel (Old French): sheet; drape; large piece of cloth

Definitions

  1. sheet; drape; large piece of cloth

Ancestry of “linçuel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlinteolumsmall linen cloth
2Latinlinteumlinen cloth; bedsheet; sail
3Latinlinteuslinen
4Latinlinumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope,...
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linçuel”

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