Where does “collinear” come from?

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

collinear (English): Lying on the same straight line; coaxial

Definitions

  1. Lying on the same straight line; coaxial

Ancestry of “collinear”, step by step

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

Words derived from “collinear

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom