Etymology

A-line

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 →

English line ← Middle English line ← Old English līne
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  1. EnglishA
  2. Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*līną
  4. Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*līnā
  6. Old Englishlīne
  7. Middle Englishline
  8. Englishline
  9. English todayA-line

From A + line (“figure”).

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