Etymograph

English

superline

From super- + line.

Formed from super- + line

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Today it means

noun A fishing line made from technologically advanced materials and having desirable features such as small diameter, great strength, and lack of stretch.

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

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