Etymology

interline

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Today it means: Between lines. Full definition →

English line ← Middle English line ← Old English līne
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*līną
  9. Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
  10. Proto-West Germanic*līnā
  11. Old Englishlīne
  12. Middle Englishline
  13. Englishline
  14. English todayinterline

From inter- + line.

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