Meaning
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen. The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 38 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-06-02LDEIMNW
- 2026-04-22NBLECIV
- 2026-03-25LEINPTY
- 2026-03-21EILNPUV
- 2026-03-16NCELGIX
- 2026-02-08IBELNTU
- 2025-12-18IUBNFEL
- 2025-11-29IATNHEL
- 2025-10-29LCDEINU
- 2025-09-27LCYNMIE
- 2025-08-18IBNFELX
- 2025-07-10LEPMINT
+26 earlier appearances in the archive.