English

flashline

From flash + line.

A compound of flash + line

Middle English flasshen ‘to splash’

English flash

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Today it means

noun An eye-catching phrase usually placed above a headline.

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

Etymograph / flashline