Etymograph

English

linemode

From line + mode.

A compound of line + mode

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 *med- ‘to measure’

Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós ‘measure’

Proto-Italic *modos

Latin modus ‘measure’

Old French mode

English mode

Today it means

noun A mode of interaction with a remote server where all incoming text characters are printed to the current line, without the possibility of updating the text of previous lines.

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