Where does “microcollinearity” come from?

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

microcollinearity (English): collinearity of very short sequences

Definitions

  1. collinearity of very short sequences

Ancestry of “microcollinearity”, step by step

microcollinearity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English collinearity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollinearityThe condition of being collinear; The extent to...
2EnglishcollinearLying on the same straight line; coaxial
3EnglishlinearHaving the form of a line; straight or roughly...
4Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom