Where does “lineaarialgebra” come from?

lineaarialgebra (Finnish) comes from Finnish lineaarinen, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lineaarialgebra (Finnish): linear algebra

Definitions

  1. linear algebra

Ancestry of “lineaarialgebra”, step by step

lineaarialgebra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lineaarinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlineaarinenlinear
2Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Finnish algebra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalgebraalgebra
2New Latinalgebra—
3Arabicجبرto set; to restore; to force, to compel
4Arabicجَبَرَto set a broken bone; to treat kindly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →