Where does “noncollinear” come from?
noncollinear (English) comes 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.
noncollinear (English): Not collinear
Ancestry of “noncollinear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | collinear | Lying on the same straight line; coaxial |
| 2 | English | linear | Having the form of a line; straight or roughly... |
| 3 | Latin | linearis | consisting of lines, linear, lineal;... |
| 4 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 5 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |