Etymograph

English

formline

From form + line.

A compound of form + line

Latin fōrma ‘shape’

Old French forme ‘shape’

Middle English forme ‘shape’

English form

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 A curvilinear line fundamental to Native American art of the Pacific Northwest.

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

Etymograph / formline