Where does “lenço” come from?

lenço (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese lenço, from Latin linteum, from Latin linteus, from Latin linum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lenço (Portuguese): headscarf; handkerchief

Definitions

  1. headscarf; handkerchief

Ancestry of “lenço”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lenço”

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