Etymology

waistline

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Today it means: a line around the body at the waist; its measurement Full definition →

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

  1. Englishwaist
  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 todaywaistline

From waist + line.

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