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English word lineage comes from Latin linum, Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-, and later Latin lignum ((later Latin) wood tissue. Firewood. Tree.)

linum (Latin)

Flax. Linen cloth; garment made of linen. Net for hunting or fishing. Rope, line, string, thread, cord, cable. Sail. Wick of a lamp.

*leǵ-no- (Proto-Indo-European)

linea (Latin)

(geometry) A geometric line.. A boundary line.. A bowstring.. A fishing line.. A line of descent, a lineage.. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.. A linen thread.. A plumbline.. Any line, thread, or string, particularly. The warp and weft during weaving. : flaxen.

lignum (Latin)

(later Latin) wood tissue. Firewood. Tree.

ligne (Old French)

lignage (Old French)

linage (Middle English)

lineage (English)

(advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

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