English

linecut

From line + cut.

A compound of line + cut

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Proto-Germanic *kutjaną ‘to cut’

Old Norse *kytja

Middle English cutten

English cut

Today it means

noun A print obtained from a line drawing; a line engraving.

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