English

hoodline

From hood + line.

A compound of hood + line

Proto-Germanic *hōdaz ‘shelter’

Proto-West Germanic *hōd

Old English hōd

Middle English hood ‘a hood as a symbol of rank’

English hood

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 The shape of the hood of a car.

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

Etymograph / hoodline