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...
6LatinlīneaA linen thread
7Latinlīnumflax
8Proto-Italiclīnom
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “alignable

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom