Lineage etymology

English

English word lineage comes from Latin linum, Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-, and later Latin lignum ((later Latin) wood tissue. Firewood. Tree.)

Etymology of lineage

Detailed word origin of lineage

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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.

Words with the same origin as lineage

Descendants of linum

hotline lingerie outline

Descendants of *leǵ-no-

dignity