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LintEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
* As an occupational English surname, from the noun lint, chiefly in the Scottish English sense "flax fibers for spinning." * As a Dutch surname, from several placenames with the element Lint, probably from linde (“lime tree”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗lintEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗lintEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).
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