- linnet
[linnet 词源字典]
- linnet: see linen
[linnet etymology, linnet origin, 英语词源] - linnet (n.)
- small finch-like songbird, 1530s, from Middle French linette "grain of flax," diminutive of lin "flax," from Latin linum "linen" (see linen). Flaxseed forms much of the bird's diet. Old English name for the bird was linetwige, with second element perhaps meaning "pluck." This yielded Middle English and dialectal lintwhite.