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Where does “trilineage” come from?

trilineage (English) comes from English lineage, from Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

trilineage (English): Affecting all three cell lineages; These three...

Definitions

  1. Affecting all three cell lineages; These three...

Ancestry of “trilineage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlineageDescent in a line from a common progenitor;...
2Middle Englishlinage—
3Old Frenchlinagelineage
4Old Frenchligne—
5Latinlīnea—
6Latinlīnum—
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →