Etymograph

English

linebreeding

From line + breeding.

A compound of line + breeding

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-

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Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan

Old English brēdan ‘to bear offspring’

Middle English breden ‘to breed’

Middle English bredynge ‘gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching’

English breeding

Today it means

noun A form of inbreeding that may encompass crosses between individuals and their descendants or two cousins, used to increase a particular animal's contribution to the population.

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

Etymograph / linebreeding