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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

Definitions

  1. In a sublinear manner

Ancestry of “sublinearly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsublinearPlaced below a line of text; Almost but not quite...
2EnglishlinearHaving the form of a line; straight or roughly...
3Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
4Latinlīnea—
5Latinlīnum—
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →