Where does “collimate” come from?

collimate (English) comes from Latin collimo, from Latin collineo, from Latin līneō, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

collimate (English): To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust...

Definitions

  1. To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust...

Ancestry of “collimate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincollimoI direct in a straight line
2LatincollineoI direct in a straight line
3Latinlīneōto make straight or perpendicular
4LatinlīneaA linen thread
5Latinlīnumflax
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “collimate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →
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