Line

Morpheme

Line

Type

free base

Denotation

rope, cord, thread, path, continuous mark

Etymology

Middle English line, lyne; Old English līne and Old French ligne; Latin līnea, from līneus, from līnum

Evidence

airline, baseline, beeline, borderline, byline, clothesline, coastline, curvilinear, dateline, deadline, delineate, flatline, frontline, guideline, hairline, headline, hemline, inline, interline, landline, lifeline, linage, line, lineage, lineal, linear, lined, lineman, liner, lines, lining, neckline, online, outline, pipeline, rectilinear, redline, reline, roofline, shoreline, sideline, skyline, streamline, tagline, underline, unlined, waistline, waterline

See Also

Line, Lign