Where does “collinearity” come from?
Collinearity comes from English collinear plus the French suffix -ité, derived from Latin -itas and Proto-Indo-European -it-.
collinearity (English): The condition of being collinear; The extent to...
Definitions
- The condition of being collinear; The extent to...
Ancestry of “collinearity”, step by step
collinearity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collinear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collinear | Lying on the same straight line; coaxial |
| 2 | English | linear | Having the form of a line; straight or roughly... |
| 3 | Latin | linearis | consisting of lines, linear, lineal;... |
| 4 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 5 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |