Etymology of the English word linseed
the English word
linseedderived from the English word
linederived from the Old French word
lignederived 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')
derived from the English word
seedderived from the Proto-Germanic root
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Word found in Modern English
