English
lint
Lint comes from Old French linette ‘grain of flax’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400linette‘grain of flax’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lynet
- Englishtodaylint
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400linette‘grain of flax’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lynet
- Englishtodaylint
Linked words
through Latin līnum ‘flax’
del, linear, alignment, align, leno, lineage, delineate, ligne, lineal, linea, 14 more
through Old French linette ‘grain of flax’
Today it means
noun Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French linette / lint