English

linemate

From line + mate.

A compound of line + mate

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 *matiz ‘food’

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Old Saxon *gimato

Middle Low German gemate ‘messmate’

Middle Low German mate ‘messmate’

Middle English mate

English mate

Today it means

noun Someone who plays in the same offensive or defensive line

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

Etymograph / linemate