Linge
/lɪndʒ/noun
An obsolete or rare English word for linen or flaxen cloth.
Did you know?Linen made from flax was central to Egyptian burial rituals, where it helped preserve and ceremonially wrap mummies for the afterlife.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*līno-
“Flax or the fiber produced from the flax plant”
Ancient Greek
Greek
λίνον (linon)
“Flax; linen fiber or cloth”
Classical Latin
Latin
līnum
“Flax; linen”
Old French
Old French
linge
“Linen or household cloth, from Latin līnum”
14th Century
Middle English
linge
“Linen or flaxen cloth”
Modern English
English
linge
“A rare or obsolete term for linen”