Etymograph

English

in-line

From in- + line.

Formed from in- + line

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

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

adj Consisting of parts arranged in a single line.

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

Etymograph / in-line