Etymology

polyline

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Today it means: A continuous line composed of one or more line segments. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*līną
  7. Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
  8. Proto-West Germanic*līnā
  9. Old Englishlīne
  10. Middle Englishline
  11. Englishline
  12. English todaypolyline

From poly- + line.

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