English
linelike
From line + -like.
Formed from line + -like
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 Resembling or characteristic of a line.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / linelike