English word lineage comes from Latin linum, Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-, and later Latin lignum ((later Latin) wood tissue. Firewood. Tree.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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linum | Latin (lat) | Flax. Linen cloth; garment made of linen. Net for hunting or fishing. Rope, line, string, thread, cord, cable. Sail. Wick of a lamp. |
*leǵ-no- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
linea | Latin (lat) | (geometry) A geometric line.. A boundary line.. A bowstring.. A fishing line.. A line of descent, a lineage.. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.. A linen thread.. A plumbline.. Any line, thread, or string, particularly. The warp and weft during weaving. : flaxen. |
lignum | Latin (lat) | (later Latin) wood tissue. Firewood. Tree. |
ligne | Old French (fro) | |
lignage | Old French (fro) | |
linage | Middle English (enm) | |
lineage | English (en) | (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. |