Where does “antialignment” come from?
antialignment (English) comes from English alignment, from French alignement, from French aligner, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.
antialignment (English): The alignment of two things in opposite...
Definitions
- The alignment of two things in opposite...
Ancestry of “antialignment”, step by step
antialignment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alignment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alignment | An arrangement of items in a line; The process of... |
| 2 | French | alignement | alignment |
| 3 | French | aligner | to align |
| 4 | Middle French | aligner | — |
| 5 | Old French | alignier | — |
| 6 | Latin | lineare | present active infinitive of līneō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 8 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |