Where does “alignement” come from?

alignement (French) comes from French aligner, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

alignement (French): alignment

Definitions

  1. alignment

Ancestry of “alignement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalignerto align
2Middle Frenchaligner
3Old Frenchalignier
4Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “alignement

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom