Where does “curvilinear” come from?
Curvilinear comes from English curve, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, combined with English linear, from Latin lineāris, from Latin līnea, from Proto-Indo-European līno-.
curvilinear (English): Having bends; curved; curvilineal; Formed by...
Definitions
- Having bends; curved; curvilineal; Formed by...
Ancestry of “curvilinear”, step by step
curvilinear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curve | Bent without angles; crooked; curved; A gentle... |
| 2 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |