Where does “leso” come from?

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

leso (Swahili): handkerchief; any decorated cloth worn over one's...

Definitions

  1. handkerchief; any decorated cloth worn over one's...

Ancestry of “leso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselençoheadscarf; handkerchief
2Old Portugueselenço—
3Latinlinteumlinen cloth; bedsheet; sail
4Latinlinteuslinen
5Latinlinumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope,...
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin linum →