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

Definitions

  1. Not collinear

Ancestry of “noncollinear”, step by step

noncollinear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English collinear

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

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom