Where does “lienzo” come from?

lienzo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish lienço, from Latin linteum, from Latin linteus, from Latin linum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lienzo (Spanish): canvas; linen; painting, picture

Definitions

  1. canvas; linen; painting, picture

Ancestry of “lienzo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lienzo”

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