linoleum
The origin and history of linoleum.
Etymology
From Latin linum ("flax") plus oleum ("oil"). Coined around 1864 by English inventor Frederick Walton, whose trade name became so common it turned into an ordinary word for the product.
The origin and history of linoleum.
From Latin linum ("flax") plus oleum ("oil"). Coined around 1864 by English inventor Frederick Walton, whose trade name became so common it turned into an ordinary word for the product.