Where does “sublinear” come from?

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

sublinear (English): Placed below a line of text; Almost but not quite...

Definitions

  1. Placed below a line of text; Almost but not quite...

Ancestry of “sublinear”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sublinear”

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