Etymograph

English

Linz

Linz comes from Austrian German Linz, and goes back to Latin Lentia.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELentia
  2. Austrian GermanmodernLinz
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELentia
  2. Austrian GermanmodernLinz
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lént-o-s ‘flexible’

linden, lithe, lind, liss, 1 more

Today it means

name The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Lentia / Linz

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