The story
- EnglishA
- Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*līną
- Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*līnā
- Old Englishlīne
- Middle Englishline
- Englishline
- English todayA-line
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Having a silhouette that replicates the letter A by flaring out from the top, like a funnel, narrow and fitted at the neck and shoulders, skimming the hips and widening toward the bottom, with little or no shaping or seaming at the waist. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.