Where does “lineality” come from?

lineality (English) comes from English lineal, from Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lineality (English): The quality of being lineal

Definitions

  1. The quality of being lineal

Ancestry of “lineality”, step by step

lineality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lineal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinealOf a family relationship that includes mothers,...
2Old Frenchlineal—
3Latinlīneālisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal
4LatinlīneaA linen thread
5Latinlīnumflax
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity—
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →
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