Etymograph

English

logline

First attested in 1613 as logge-line.

A compound of log + line

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

first attested First attested in 1613 as logge-line (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1613 as logge-line.

Today it means

noun A very short summary of a script or screenplay.

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

Etymograph / logline