Where does “non-alignment” come from?
non-alignment (English) comes from English alignment, from French alignement, from French aligner, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.
Ancestry of “non-alignment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alignment | An arrangement of items in a line; The process of... |
| 2 | French | alignement | alignment |
| 3 | French | aligner | to align |
| 4 | Middle French | aligner | — |
| 5 | Old French | alignier | — |
| 6 | Latin | lineare | present active infinitive of līneō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 8 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |