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Where does “alignable” come from?

alignable (English) comes from English align, from Middle English alynen, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.

alignable (English): Able to be aligned

Definitions

  1. Able to be aligned

Ancestry of “alignable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalignTo form a line; to fall into line; To adjust or...
2Middle Englishalynen—
3Middle Frenchaligner—
4Old Frenchalignier—
5Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
6Latinlīnea—
7Latinlīnum—
8Proto-Italiclīnom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “alignable”

  • unalignable
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