Where does “sublinearly” come from?
sublinearly (English) comes from English sublinear, from English linear, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
sublinearly (English): In a sublinear manner
Ancestry of “sublinearly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sublinear | Placed below a line of text; Almost but not quite... |
| 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 |