Etymograph

English

lingel

Lingel comes from Latin linea ‘a linen thread’, from līneus ‘flaxen’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *līnom.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līnomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīnum‘flax’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneus‘flaxen’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinea‘a linen thread’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentligneul
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1607lingel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līnomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīnum‘flax’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneus‘flaxen’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinea‘a linen thread’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentligneul
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1607lingel

Earliest quotation: 1607, The Knight of the Burning Pestle: “When I was mortall, this my costiue corps /…”

Linked words

through Latin līnum ‘flax’

leno, lint, 13 more

through Latin linea ‘a linen thread’

del, linear, alignment, align, lineage, ligne, delineate, lineal, linea, 10 more

Today it means

noun A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *līnom / lingel

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