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Where does “antilinear” come from?

antilinear (English) comes from English linear, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

antilinear (English): Describing a particular mapping of a complex...

Definitions

  1. Describing a particular mapping of a complex...

Ancestry of “antilinear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinearHaving the form of a line; straight or roughly...
2Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
3Latinlīnea—
4Latinlīnum—
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “antilinear”

  • antilinearly
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