Where does “linette” come from?

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

linette (Old French): grain of flax

Definitions

  1. grain of flax

Ancestry of “linette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlinline
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linette

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin līnum
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