ლინოლეუმი • (linoleumi)=linoleum=λινέλαιο
WIKTIONARY: Etymology
Coined c. 1864 by inventor Frederick Walton, from Latin linum (“flax”) + oleum (“oil”). Used as a trade name but never registered as a trademark, it was the first product whose name was ruled to be genericized.
From Proto-Indo-European *lino-. Cognate with Lithuanian linas, Greek λίνον (línon), Russian лён (ljon), Albanian li, Old English līne (“line, rope, cord”). More at line.
From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (elaion, “olive oil”).
WIKTIONARY: Etymology
Coined c. 1864 by inventor Frederick Walton, from Latin linum (“flax”) + oleum (“oil”). Used as a trade name but never registered as a trademark, it was the first product whose name was ruled to be genericized.
From Proto-Indo-European *lino-. Cognate with Lithuanian linas, Greek λίνον (línon), Russian лён (ljon), Albanian li, Old English līne (“line, rope, cord”). More at line.
From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (elaion, “olive oil”).
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