Where does “mixtilinear” come from?

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

mixtilinear (English): Containing, or consisting of, lines of different...

Definitions

  1. Containing, or consisting of, lines of different...

Ancestry of “mixtilinear”, step by step

mixtilinear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English linear

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

via Latin mixtus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
2Latinmiscēre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →