Etymology of the English word shoreline
the English word
shorelinederived from the English word
shorederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sker-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skur-derived from the Low German word
schorederived 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')
Usage
Word found in Modern English
