myEtymology.com: English etymology of headline

Etymology of the English word headline

the English word headline

derived from the English word head

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaubuthan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

derived from the English word line

derived from the Old French word ligne

derived from the Classical Latin word linea (string, line)

derived from the Classical Latin word linum (flax, linen cloth, thread)

derived from the Greek word linon, λίνον (flax; 'linen')